diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
index ac001ae69..a06eaef67 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ UniValue importwallet_impl(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp, bool fImportZKeys
     EnsureWalletIsUnlocked();
 
     struct stat s;
-    if( stat(params[0].get_str(),&s) == 0 ) {
+    if( stat(params[0].get_str().c_str(),&s) == 0 ) {
         if( s.st_mode & S_IFDIR ) { // it's a directory
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Invalid wallet export file (directory)");
         } else if( s.st_mode & S_IFREG ) { // it's a file
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ UniValue importwallet_impl(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp, bool fImportZKeys
             if(s.st_size < 51) {
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Wallet export file is too small to be valid");
             }
-        } else if( s.st_mode & S_IFLINK ) { // it's a symbolic link
+        } else if( s.st_mode & S_IFLNK ) { // it's a symbolic link
             // TODO: check filesize of symbolicly linked file
             // for symlinks, size the length in bytes of the pathname contained in the symbolic link
             // which is not what we want