diff --git a/Kernel/FileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.cpp b/Kernel/FileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.cpp
index b21414a117..ffa5dbb7ea 100644
--- a/Kernel/FileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/FileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.cpp
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ ssize_t Ext2FSInode::write_bytes(off_t offset, ssize_t count, const u8* data, Fi
 bool Ext2FSInode::traverse_as_directory(Function<bool(const FS::DirectoryEntry&)> callback) const
 {
     LOCKER(m_lock);
-    ASSERT(metadata().is_directory());
+    ASSERT(is_directory());
 
 #ifdef EXT2_DEBUG
     kprintf("Ext2Inode::traverse_as_directory: inode=%u:\n", index());
diff --git a/Kernel/FileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.h b/Kernel/FileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.h
index 60d6950e82..e15803dff2 100644
--- a/Kernel/FileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.h
+++ b/Kernel/FileSystem/Ext2FileSystem.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public:
 
     size_t size() const { return m_raw_inode.i_size; }
     bool is_symlink() const { return ::is_symlink(m_raw_inode.i_mode); }
+    bool is_directory() const { return ::is_directory(m_raw_inode.i_mode); }
 
     // ^Inode (RefCounted magic)
     virtual void one_ref_left() override;