diff --git a/node.go b/node.go
index fe62bd273..aab2aa8a8 100644
--- a/node.go
+++ b/node.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/juju/arrar"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/backend"
+	"github.com/restic/restic/debug"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/server"
 )
 
@@ -308,3 +309,31 @@ func (node Node) sameContent(other Node) bool {
 
 	return true
 }
+
+func (node *Node) isNewer(path string, fi os.FileInfo) bool {
+	if node.Type != "file" {
+		debug.Log("node.isNewer", "node %v is newer: not file", path)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	tpe := nodeTypeFromFileInfo(fi)
+	if node.Name != fi.Name() || node.Type != tpe {
+		debug.Log("node.isNewer", "node %v is newer: name or type changed", path)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	extendedStat := fi.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
+	inode := extendedStat.Ino
+	size := uint64(extendedStat.Size)
+
+	if node.ModTime != fi.ModTime() ||
+		node.ChangeTime != changeTime(extendedStat) ||
+		node.Inode != inode ||
+		node.Size != size {
+		debug.Log("node.isNewer", "node %v is newer: timestamp, size or inode changed", path)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	debug.Log("node.isNewer", "node %v is not newer", path)
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/node_darwin.go b/node_darwin.go
index ae4b0060a..666a576ff 100644
--- a/node_darwin.go
+++ b/node_darwin.go
@@ -66,31 +66,6 @@ func (node *Node) createFifoAt(path string) error {
 	return syscall.Mkfifo(path, 0600)
 }
 
-func (node *Node) isNewer(path string, fi os.FileInfo) bool {
-	if node.Type != "file" {
-		debug.Log("node.isNewer", "node %v is newer: not file", path)
-		return true
-	}
-
-	tpe := nodeTypeFromFileInfo(fi)
-	if node.Name != fi.Name() || node.Type != tpe {
-		debug.Log("node.isNewer", "node %v is newer: name or type changed", path)
-		return false
-	}
-
-	extendedStat := fi.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
-	changeTime := time.Unix(extendedStat.Ctimespec.Unix())
-	inode := extendedStat.Ino
-	size := uint64(extendedStat.Size)
-
-	if node.ModTime != fi.ModTime() ||
-		node.ChangeTime != changeTime ||
-		node.Inode != inode ||
-		node.Size != size {
-		debug.Log("node.isNewer", "node %v is newer: timestamp or inode changed", path)
-		return false
-	}
-
-	debug.Log("node.isNewer", "node %v is not newer", path)
-	return false
+func changeTime(stat *syscall.Stat_t) time.Unix {
+	return time.Unix(stat.Ctimespec.Unix())
 }
diff --git a/node_linux.go b/node_linux.go
index 812621d5c..7ba11e943 100644
--- a/node_linux.go
+++ b/node_linux.go
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
-
-	"github.com/restic/restic/debug"
 )
 
 func (node *Node) OpenForReading() (*os.File, error) {
@@ -70,31 +68,6 @@ func (node *Node) createFifoAt(path string) error {
 	return syscall.Mkfifo(path, 0600)
 }
 
-func (node *Node) isNewer(path string, fi os.FileInfo) bool {
-	if node.Type != "file" {
-		debug.Log("node.isNewer", "node %v is newer: not file", path)
-		return true
-	}
-
-	tpe := nodeTypeFromFileInfo(fi)
-	if node.Name != fi.Name() || node.Type != tpe {
-		debug.Log("node.isNewer", "node %v is newer: name or type changed", path)
-		return true
-	}
-
-	extendedStat := fi.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
-	changeTime := time.Unix(extendedStat.Ctim.Unix())
-	inode := extendedStat.Ino
-	size := uint64(extendedStat.Size)
-
-	if node.ModTime != fi.ModTime() ||
-		node.ChangeTime != changeTime ||
-		node.Inode != inode ||
-		node.Size != size {
-		debug.Log("node.isNewer", "node %v is newer: timestamp, size or inode changed", path)
-		return true
-	}
-
-	debug.Log("node.isNewer", "node %v is not newer", path)
-	return false
+func changeTime(stat *syscall.Stat_t) time.Time {
+	return time.Unix(stat.Ctim.Unix())
 }