diff --git a/build/ci.go b/build/ci.go
index f68a45fdc1fa..881c3b5168f9 100644
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/common"
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/internal/build"
 )
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ func executablePath(name string) string {
 func main() {
 	log.SetFlags(log.Lshortfile)
 
-	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join("build", "ci.go")); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if !common.FileExist(filepath.Join("build", "ci.go")) {
 		log.Fatal("this script must be run from the root of the repository")
 	}
 	if len(os.Args) < 2 {
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 4e9336fb30d5..1edfce3df727 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 	}
 	if ctx.IsSet(StoreRewardFlag.Name) {
 		common.StoreRewardFolder = filepath.Join(stack.DataDir(), "XDC", "rewards")
-		if _, err := os.Stat(common.StoreRewardFolder); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if !common.FileExist(common.StoreRewardFolder) {
 			os.Mkdir(common.StoreRewardFolder, os.ModePerm)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/core/txpool/journal.go b/core/txpool/journal.go
index 871807729ce7..88550a56b277 100644
--- a/core/txpool/journal.go
+++ b/core/txpool/journal.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func newTxJournal(path string) *journal {
 // the specified pool.
 func (journal *journal) load(add func([]*types.Transaction) []error) error {
 	// Skip the parsing if the journal file doens't exist at all
-	if _, err := os.Stat(journal.path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if !common.FileExist(journal.path) {
 		return nil
 	}
 	// Open the journal for loading any past transactions
diff --git a/core/txpool/lending_tx_journal.go b/core/txpool/lending_tx_journal.go
index fb9b487ac5e5..e56ab70051db 100644
--- a/core/txpool/lending_tx_journal.go
+++ b/core/txpool/lending_tx_journal.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func newLendingTxJournal(path string) *lendingtxJournal {
 // the specified pool.
 func (journal *lendingtxJournal) load(add func(*types.LendingTransaction) error) error {
 	// Skip the parsing if the journal file doens't exist at all
-	if _, err := os.Stat(journal.path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if !common.FileExist(journal.path) {
 		return nil
 	}
 	// Open the journal for loading any past transactions
diff --git a/core/txpool/order_tx_journal.go b/core/txpool/order_tx_journal.go
index cbcb49c7b72b..d6689d611a11 100644
--- a/core/txpool/order_tx_journal.go
+++ b/core/txpool/order_tx_journal.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func newOrderTxJournal(path string) *ordertxJournal {
 // the specified pool.
 func (journal *ordertxJournal) load(add func(*types.OrderTransaction) error) error {
 	// Skip the parsing if the journal file doens't exist at all
-	if _, err := os.Stat(journal.path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if !common.FileExist(journal.path) {
 		return nil
 	}
 	// Open the journal for loading any past transactions