diff --git a/src/uu/du/src/du.rs b/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
index c5fff2ed7..d0dc845cb 100644
--- a/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
+++ b/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 use std::os::windows::fs::MetadataExt;
 #[cfg(windows)]
 use std::os::windows::io::AsRawHandle;
+#[cfg(windows)]
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::time::{Duration, UNIX_EPOCH};
 use uucore::InvalidEncodingHandling;
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ fn birth_u64(meta: &Metadata) -> Option<u64> {
 }
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
-fn get_size_on_disk(path: &PathBuf) -> u64 {
+fn get_size_on_disk(path: &Path) -> u64 {
     let mut size_on_disk = 0;
 
     // bind file so it stays in scope until end of function
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ fn get_size_on_disk(path: &PathBuf) -> u64 {
 }
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
-fn get_file_info(path: &PathBuf) -> Option<FileInfo> {
+fn get_file_info(path: &Path) -> Option<FileInfo> {
     let mut result = None;
 
     let file = match fs::File::open(path) {