diff --git a/src/documents/consumer.py b/src/documents/consumer.py
index 7c4ddf003..7ccc8336a 100644
--- a/src/documents/consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/consumer.py
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ class Consumer(LoggingMixin):
             create_date = date
             self.log.debug(f"Creation date from parse_date: {create_date}")
         else:
-            stats = os.stat(self.path)
+            stats = os.stat(self.original_path)
             create_date = timezone.make_aware(
                 datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(stats.st_mtime),
             )