--- src/copy.c
+++ src/copy.c
@@ -1050,11 +1050,18 @@ copy_reg (char const *src_name, char con
      saved ones obtained via a previous call to stat.  */
   if (! SAME_INODE (*src_sb, src_open_sb))
     {
-      error (0, 0,
-             _("skipping file %s, as it was replaced while being copied"),
-             quoteaf (src_name));
-      return_val = false;
-      goto close_src_desc;
+      /* Stat and fstat returns different results on Solaris for devices
+         like /dev/stdin. Confirm that this is not the case.  */
+      mode_t file_type = src_open_sb.st_mode & S_IFMT;
+      if (!(file_type == S_IFBLK || file_type == S_IFCHR ||
+	         file_type == S_IFIFO || file_type == S_IFSOCK))
+        {
+          error (0, 0,
+                 _("skipping file %s, as it was replaced while being copied"),
+                 quoteaf (src_name));
+          return_val = false;
+          goto close_src_desc;
+        }
     }
 
   /* The semantics of the following open calls are mandated