diff --git a/crates/rrg/src/action/get_file_metadata.rs b/crates/rrg/src/action/get_file_metadata.rs
index 4c86f27e..0ea838c4 100644
--- a/crates/rrg/src/action/get_file_metadata.rs
+++ b/crates/rrg/src/action/get_file_metadata.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ where
                 continue
             }
         };
+        let file_type = metadata.file_type();
 
         #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
         let ext_attrs = match ospect::fs::ext_attrs(path) {
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ where
             }
         };
 
-        let symlink = if metadata.is_symlink() {
+        let symlink = if file_type.is_symlink() {
             match std::fs::read_link(path) {
                 Ok(symlink) => Some(symlink),
                 Err(error) => {
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ where
             digest: digest(&path, &args),
         })?;
 
-        if args.max_depth > 0 {
+        if file_type.is_dir() && args.max_depth > 0 {
             let entries = match crate::fs::walk_dir(&path) {
                 Ok(entries) => entries,
                 Err(error) => {