diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java
index 1fd3fd20..691484f6 100755
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java
@@ -323,21 +323,9 @@ public void hash(String filepath, String algorithm, Promise promise) {
 
       if (!algorithms.containsKey(algorithm)) throw new Exception("Invalid hash algorithm");
 
-      File file = new File(filepath);
-
-      if (file.isDirectory()) {
-        rejectFileIsDirectory(promise);
-        return;
-      }
-
-      if (!file.exists()) {
-        rejectFileNotFound(promise, filepath);
-        return;
-      }
-
       MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance(algorithms.get(algorithm));
 
-      FileInputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(filepath);
+      InputStream inputStream = getInputStream(filepath);
       byte[] buffer = new byte[1024 * 10]; // 10 KB Buffer
 
       int read;