diff --git a/copyparty/up2k.py b/copyparty/up2k.py
index d1a9abdd..d5a2e4ba 100644
--- a/copyparty/up2k.py
+++ b/copyparty/up2k.py
@@ -2075,7 +2075,8 @@ class Up2k(object):
                 try:
                     bos.utime(path, times, False)
                 except:
-                    self.log("lmod: failed to utime ({}, {})".format(path, times))
+                    m = "lmod: failed to utime ({}, {}):\n{}"
+                    self.log(m.format(path, times, min_ex()))
 
                 if self.args.sparse and self.args.sparse * 1024 * 1024 <= sz:
                     try:
diff --git a/copyparty/util.py b/copyparty/util.py
index 9cba506a..b56f9a1b 100644
--- a/copyparty/util.py
+++ b/copyparty/util.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ if WINDOWS and PY2:
     FS_ENCODING = "utf-8"
 
 
-SYMTIME = sys.version_info >= (3, 6) and os.supports_follow_symlinks
+SYMTIME = sys.version_info >= (3, 6) and os.utime in os.supports_follow_symlinks
 
 HTTP_TS_FMT = "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT"
 
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ def statdir(logger, scandir, lstat, top):
     if lstat and ANYWIN:
         lstat = False
 
-    if lstat and not os.supports_follow_symlinks:
+    if lstat and (PY2 or os.stat not in os.supports_follow_symlinks):
         scandir = False
 
     try: