Index: grep.c
===================================================================
--- grep.c	(revision 243423)
+++ grep.c	(working copy)
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
   if (directories == SKIP_DIRECTORIES && S_ISDIR (stats->stat.st_mode))
     return 0;
 #ifndef DJGPP
-  if (devices == SKIP_DEVICES && (S_ISCHR(stats->stat.st_mode) || S_ISBLK(stats->stat.st_mode) || S_ISSOCK(stats->stat.st_mode)))
+  if (devices == SKIP_DEVICES && (S_ISCHR(stats->stat.st_mode) || S_ISBLK(stats->stat.st_mode) || S_ISSOCK(stats->stat.st_mode) || S_ISFIFO(stats->stat.st_mode)))
 #else
   if (devices == SKIP_DEVICES && (S_ISCHR(stats->stat.st_mode) || S_ISBLK(stats->stat.st_mode)))
 #endif
@@ -942,6 +942,7 @@
   int desc;
   int count;
   int status;
+  struct stat sb;
 
   if (! file)
     {
@@ -950,6 +951,18 @@
     }
   else
     {
+      if (stat(file, &sb))
+        {
+          error (0, errno, "stat");
+          return 0;
+        }
+#ifndef DJGPP
+      if (devices == SKIP_DEVICES && (S_ISCHR(sb.st_mode) || S_ISBLK(sb.st_mode) || S_ISSOCK(sb.st_mode) || S_ISFIFO(sb.st_mode)))
+#else
+      if (devices == SKIP_DEVICES && (S_ISCHR(sb->stat.st_mode) || S_ISBLK(sb.st_mode)))
+#endif
+        return 0;
+
       while ((desc = open (file, O_RDONLY)) < 0 && errno == EINTR)
 	continue;