diff --git a/demux/demux_mkv_timeline.c b/demux/demux_mkv_timeline.c
index 0190213b4e..d1ebe78a4b 100644
--- a/demux/demux_mkv_timeline.c
+++ b/demux/demux_mkv_timeline.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static void find_ordered_chapter_sources(struct tl_ctx *ctx)
                 MP_TARRAY_APPEND(tmp, filenames, num_filenames,
                                  pl->entries[n]->filename);
             }
-        } else if (!ctx->demuxer->stream->is_local_file) {
+        } else if (!ctx->demuxer->stream->is_local_fs) {
             MP_WARN(ctx, "Playback source is not a "
                     "normal disk file. Will not search for related files.\n");
         } else {
diff --git a/demux/demux_playlist.c b/demux/demux_playlist.c
index ba98560d42..46bac914cb 100644
--- a/demux/demux_playlist.c
+++ b/demux/demux_playlist.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static int parse_dir(struct pl_parser *p)
     struct stream *stream = p->real_stream;
     enum autocreate_mode autocreate = AUTO_NONE;
     p->pl->playlist_dir = NULL;
-    if (p->autocreate_playlist && p->real_stream->is_local_file && !p->real_stream->is_directory) {
+    if (p->autocreate_playlist && p->real_stream->is_local_fs && !p->real_stream->is_directory) {
         bstr ext = bstr_get_ext(bstr0(p->real_stream->url));
         switch (p->autocreate_playlist) {
         case 1: // filter
diff --git a/stream/stream.h b/stream/stream.h
index 866affe1fe..2447df0344 100644
--- a/stream/stream.h
+++ b/stream/stream.h
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ typedef struct stream {
     bool seekable : 1; // presence of general byte seeking support
     bool fast_skip : 1; // consider stream fast enough to fw-seek by skipping
     bool is_network : 1; // I really don't know what this is for
-    bool is_local_file : 1; // from the filesystem
+    bool is_local_fs : 1; // from the filesystem
     bool is_directory : 1; // directory on the filesystem
     bool access_references : 1; // open other streams
     struct mp_log *log;
diff --git a/stream/stream_file.c b/stream/stream_file.c
index ff53d35546..7d3274dddd 100644
--- a/stream/stream_file.c
+++ b/stream/stream_file.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static int open_f(stream_t *stream, const struct stream_open_args *args)
         .fd = -1,
     };
     stream->priv = p;
-    stream->is_local_file = true;
+    stream->is_local_fs = true;
 
     bool strict_fs = args->flags & STREAM_LOCAL_FS_ONLY;
     bool write = stream->mode == STREAM_WRITE;
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ static int open_f(stream_t *stream, const struct stream_open_args *args)
 
     bool is_fdclose = strncmp(url, "fdclose://", 10) == 0;
     if (strncmp(url, "fd://", 5) == 0 || is_fdclose) {
+        stream->is_local_fs = false;
         char *begin = strstr(stream->url, "://") + 3, *end = NULL;
         p->fd = strtol(begin, &end, 0);
         if (!end || end == begin || end[0] || p->fd < 0) {
@@ -312,6 +313,7 @@ static int open_f(stream_t *stream, const struct stream_open_args *args)
         if (is_fdclose)
             p->close = true;
     } else if (!strict_fs && !strcmp(filename, "-")) {
+        stream->is_local_fs = false;
         if (!write) {
             MP_INFO(stream, "Reading from stdin...\n");
             p->fd = 0;