diff --git a/src/NativeWrapper.php b/src/NativeWrapper.php
index 6c7fe70..9549503 100644
--- a/src/NativeWrapper.php
+++ b/src/NativeWrapper.php
@@ -198,14 +198,19 @@ public function unlink(string $path): bool
 
 	public function url_stat(string $path, int $flags)
 	{
+		if ($flags & STREAM_URL_STAT_QUIET) {
+			set_error_handler(static fn(): bool => true);
+		}
 		try {
 			$func = $flags & STREAM_URL_STAT_LINK ? 'lstat' : 'stat';
-			return $flags & STREAM_URL_STAT_QUIET
-				? @$this->native($func, $path)
-				: $this->native($func, $path);
+			return $this->native($func, $path);
 		} catch (\RuntimeException $e) {
 			// SplFileInfo::isFile throws exception
 			return false;
+		} finally {
+			if ($flags & STREAM_URL_STAT_QUIET) {
+				restore_error_handler();
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/BypassFinals/overloaded.exists_check.phpt b/tests/BypassFinals/overloaded.exists_check.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a2645c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/BypassFinals/overloaded.exists_check.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?php
+
+// test that overloaded "exists-check" functions (see php-src/ext/standard/filestat.c) must not invoke the error handler
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Tester\Assert;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+Tester\Environment::setup();
+
+DG\BypassFinals::enable();
+
+
+function thoroughErrorHandler(): void
+{
+	throw new Exception('This must not happen');
+}
+
+
+Assert::noError(function () {
+	set_error_handler('thoroughErrorHandler');
+
+	file_exists('unknown');
+
+	restore_error_handler();
+});
+
+Assert::noError(function () {
+	set_error_handler('thoroughErrorHandler');
+
+	is_writable('unknown');
+
+	restore_error_handler();
+});
+
+Assert::noError(function () {
+	set_error_handler('thoroughErrorHandler');
+
+	is_readable('unknown');
+
+	restore_error_handler();
+});
+
+Assert::noError(function () {
+	set_error_handler('thoroughErrorHandler');
+
+	is_executable('unknown');
+
+	restore_error_handler();
+});
+
+Assert::noError(function () {
+	set_error_handler('thoroughErrorHandler');
+
+	is_file('unknown');
+
+	restore_error_handler();
+});
+
+Assert::noError(function () {
+	set_error_handler('thoroughErrorHandler');
+
+	is_dir('unknown');
+
+	restore_error_handler();
+});
+
+Assert::noError(function () {
+	set_error_handler('thoroughErrorHandler');
+
+	is_link('unknown');
+
+	restore_error_handler();
+});