diff --git a/usr/lib/security-misc/permission-hardening b/usr/lib/security-misc/permission-hardening
index 75abb27..0b444f4 100755
--- a/usr/lib/security-misc/permission-hardening
+++ b/usr/lib/security-misc/permission-hardening
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ add_nosuid_statoverride_entry() {
         echo_wrapper dpkg-statoverride --add --update "$owner" "$group" "$new_mode" "$file_name"
       fi
     fi
-  done < <( stat -c "%n %a %U %G" "${fso_without_trailing_slash}/"** )
+  done < <( find "${fso_without_trailing_slash}/" -print0 | xargs -I{} -0 stat -c "%n %a %U %G" {} )
 }
 
 set_file_perms() {