diff --git a/lib/copy-sync/__tests__/copy-sync-preserve-time.test.js b/lib/copy-sync/__tests__/copy-sync-preserve-time.test.js
index 41544866..6775a4dd 100644
--- a/lib/copy-sync/__tests__/copy-sync-preserve-time.test.js
+++ b/lib/copy-sync/__tests__/copy-sync-preserve-time.test.js
@@ -5,14 +5,17 @@ const os = require('os')
 const path = require('path')
 const utimes = require('../../util/utimes')
 const assert = require('assert')
+const nodeVersion = process.versions.node
+const nodeVersionMajor = parseInt(nodeVersion.split('.')[0], 10)
 
 /* global beforeEach, afterEach, describe, it */
 
 if (process.arch === 'ia32') console.warn('32 bit arch; skipping copySync timestamp tests')
+if (nodeVersionMajor < 8) console.warn(`old node version (v${nodeVersion}); skipping copySync timestamp tests`)
 
-const describeIf64 = process.arch === 'ia32' ? describe.skip : describe
+const describeIfPractical = (process.arch === 'ia32' || nodeVersionMajor < 8) ? describe.skip : describe
 
-describeIf64('copySync() - preserveTimestamps option', () => {
+describeIfPractical('copySync() - preserveTimestamps option', () => {
   let TEST_DIR, src, dest
 
   beforeEach(done => {
diff --git a/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js b/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js
index edcc0dd7..c4742db8 100644
--- a/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js
+++ b/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function mayCopyFile (srcStat, src, dest, opts) {
 }
 
 function copyFile (srcStat, src, dest, opts) {
-  if (typeof fs.copyFile === 'function') {
+  if (typeof fs.copyFileSync === 'function') {
     fs.copyFileSync(src, dest)
     fs.chmodSync(dest, srcStat.mode)
     if (opts.preserveTimestamps) {
@@ -100,12 +100,10 @@ function copyFileFallback (srcStat, src, dest, opts) {
     pos += bytesRead
   }
 
+  if (opts.preserveTimestamps) fs.futimesSync(fdw, srcStat.atime, srcStat.mtime)
+
   fs.closeSync(fdr)
   fs.closeSync(fdw)
-  fs.chmodSync(dest, srcStat.mode)
-  if (opts.preserveTimestamps) {
-    return utimesSync(dest, srcStat.atime, srcStat.mtime)
-  }
 }
 
 function onDir (srcStat, src, dest, opts) {