diff --git a/internal/globpath/globpath.go b/internal/globpath/globpath.go
index fc6a436189500..b21d93520841a 100644
--- a/internal/globpath/globpath.go
+++ b/internal/globpath/globpath.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
+	"github.com/karrick/godirwalk"
 )
 
 type GlobPath struct {
@@ -41,38 +42,42 @@ func Compile(path string) (*GlobPath, error) {
 }
 
 // Match returns all files matching the expression
-func (g *GlobPath) Match() map[string]os.FileInfo {
-	out := make(map[string]os.FileInfo)
+// If it's a static path, returns path
+func (g *GlobPath) Match() []string {
 	if !g.hasMeta {
-		info, err := os.Stat(g.path)
-		if err == nil {
-			out[g.path] = info
-		}
-		return out
+		return []string{g.path}
 	}
 	if !g.HasSuperMeta {
 		files, _ := filepath.Glob(g.path)
-		for _, file := range files {
-			info, err := os.Stat(file)
-			if err == nil {
-				out[file] = info
-			}
-		}
-		return out
+		return files
 	}
 	roots, err := filepath.Glob(g.rootGlob)
 	if err != nil {
-		return out
+		return []string{}
 	}
-	walkfn := func(path string, info os.FileInfo, _ error) error {
+	out := []string{}
+	walkfn := func(path string, _ *godirwalk.Dirent) error {
 		if g.g.Match(path) {
-			out[path] = info
+			out = append(out, path)
 		}
 		return nil
 
 	}
 	for _, root := range roots {
-		filepath.Walk(root, walkfn)
+		fileinfo, err := os.Stat(root)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if !fileinfo.IsDir() {
+			if g.MatchString(root) {
+				out = append(out, root)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		godirwalk.Walk(root, &godirwalk.Options{
+			Callback: walkfn,
+			Unsorted: true,
+		})
 	}
 	return out
 }
diff --git a/internal/globpath/globpath_test.go b/internal/globpath/globpath_test.go
index e67474fa962d5..476ba924346e0 100644
--- a/internal/globpath/globpath_test.go
+++ b/internal/globpath/globpath_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package globpath
 
 import (
-	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ func TestCompileAndMatch(t *testing.T) {
 	matches = g3.Match()
 	require.Len(t, matches, 1)
 	matches = g4.Match()
-	require.Len(t, matches, 0)
+	require.Len(t, matches, 1)
 	matches = g5.Match()
 	require.Len(t, matches, 0)
 }
@@ -75,10 +74,10 @@ func getTestdataDir() string {
 func TestMatch_ErrPermission(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		input    string
-		expected map[string]os.FileInfo
+		expected []string
 	}{
-		{"/root/foo", map[string]os.FileInfo{}},
-		{"/root/f*", map[string]os.FileInfo{}},
+		{"/root/foo", []string{"/root/foo"}},
+		{"/root/f*", []string(nil)},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/file/file.go b/plugins/inputs/file/file.go
index d6714301eaed2..b93a7ba9925d0 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/file/file.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/file/file.go
@@ -75,10 +75,7 @@ func (f *File) refreshFilePaths() error {
 		if len(files) <= 0 {
 			return fmt.Errorf("could not find file: %v", file)
 		}
-
-		for k := range files {
-			allFiles = append(allFiles, k)
-		}
+		allFiles = append(allFiles, files...)
 	}
 
 	f.filenames = allFiles
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/filestat/filestat.go b/plugins/inputs/filestat/filestat.go
index 762eaa42033c9..692e58c53e946 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/filestat/filestat.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/filestat/filestat.go
@@ -73,13 +73,17 @@ func (f *FileStat) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		for fileName, fileInfo := range files {
+		for _, fileName := range files {
 			tags := map[string]string{
 				"file": fileName,
 			}
 			fields := map[string]interface{}{
 				"exists": int64(1),
 			}
+			fileInfo, err := os.Stat(fileName)
+			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				fields["exists"] = int64(0)
+			}
 
 			if fileInfo == nil {
 				log.Printf("E! Unable to get info for file [%s], possible permissions issue",
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser.go b/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser.go
index 163436a3cc52c..eb23e2b742e4d 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func (l *LogParserPlugin) tailNewfiles(fromBeginning bool) error {
 		}
 		files := g.Match()
 
-		for file := range files {
+		for _, file := range files {
 			if _, ok := l.tailers[file]; ok {
 				// we're already tailing this file
 				continue
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/tail/tail.go b/plugins/inputs/tail/tail.go
index 598287963f564..bdfa2de444031 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/tail/tail.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/tail/tail.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func (t *Tail) tailNewFiles(fromBeginning bool) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			t.acc.AddError(fmt.Errorf("E! Error Glob %s failed to compile, %s", filepath, err))
 		}
-		for file := range g.Match() {
+		for _, file := range g.Match() {
 			if _, ok := t.tailers[file]; ok {
 				// we're already tailing this file
 				continue