diff --git a/python/src/filesystem.rs b/python/src/filesystem.rs
index 587c004f47..697cbb39eb 100644
--- a/python/src/filesystem.rs
+++ b/python/src/filesystem.rs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ impl DeltaFileSystemHandler {
         let fs = PyModule::import(py, "pyarrow.fs")?;
         let file_types = fs.getattr("FileType")?;
 
-        let to_file_info = |loc: String, type_: &PyAny, kwargs: HashMap<&str, i64>| {
+        let to_file_info = |loc: &str, type_: &PyAny, kwargs: &HashMap<&str, i64>| {
             fs.call_method("FileInfo", (loc, type_), Some(kwargs.into_py_dict(py)))
         };
 
@@ -116,16 +116,16 @@ impl DeltaFileSystemHandler {
                             ("mtime_ns", meta.last_modified.timestamp_nanos()),
                         ]);
                         infos.push(to_file_info(
-                            meta.location.to_string(),
+                            meta.location.as_ref(),
                             file_types.getattr("File")?,
-                            kwargs,
+                            &kwargs,
                         )?);
                     }
                     Err(ObjectStoreError::NotFound { .. }) => {
                         infos.push(to_file_info(
-                            path.to_string(),
+                            path.as_ref(),
                             file_types.getattr("NotFound")?,
-                            HashMap::new(),
+                            &HashMap::new(),
                         )?);
                     }
                     Err(err) => {
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ impl DeltaFileSystemHandler {
                 }
             } else {
                 infos.push(to_file_info(
-                    path.to_string(),
+                    path.as_ref(),
                     file_types.getattr("Directory")?,
-                    HashMap::new(),
+                    &HashMap::new(),
                 )?);
             }
         }
diff --git a/python/tests/test_fs.py b/python/tests/test_fs.py
index 4b9dff56ad..28f50c4393 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_fs.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_fs.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import pyarrow as pa
 import pyarrow.parquet as pq
 import pytest
-from pyarrow.fs import S3FileSystem
+from pyarrow.fs import FileType
 
 from deltalake import DeltaTable, PyDeltaTableError
 from deltalake.fs import DeltaStorageHandler
@@ -28,6 +28,19 @@ def test_read_files(s3_localstack):
             assert table.shape > (0, 0)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.s3
+@pytest.mark.integration
+@pytest.mark.timeout(timeout=15, method="thread")
+def test_read_file_info(s3_localstack):
+    table_path = "s3://deltars/simple"
+    handler = DeltaStorageHandler(table_path)
+    meta = handler.get_file_info(
+        ["part-00000-a72b1fb3-f2df-41fe-a8f0-e65b746382dd-c000.snappy.parquet"]
+    )
+    assert len(meta) == 1
+    assert meta[0].type == FileType.File
+
+
 @pytest.mark.s3
 @pytest.mark.integration
 @pytest.mark.timeout(timeout=15, method="thread")