diff --git a/ccache.h b/ccache.h
index 35cee16..45b4f98 100644
--- a/ccache.h
+++ b/ccache.h
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ unsigned stats_get_pending(enum stats stat);
 void stats_zero(void);
 void stats_summary(void);
 void stats_update_size(enum stats stat, size_t size, unsigned files);
-void stats_read(const char *stats_file, unsigned counters[STATS_END]);
+void stats_get_limits(const char *dir, unsigned *maxfiles, unsigned *maxsize);
 int stats_set_limits(long maxfiles, long maxsize);
 size_t value_units(const char *s);
 char *format_size(size_t v);
diff --git a/cleanup.c b/cleanup.c
index 9582827..69f4954 100644
--- a/cleanup.c
+++ b/cleanup.c
@@ -223,20 +223,15 @@ cleanup_dir(const char *dir, size_t maxfiles, size_t maxsize)
 /* cleanup in all cache subdirs */
 void cleanup_all(const char *dir)
 {
-	unsigned counters[STATS_END];
-	char *dname, *sfile;
+	unsigned maxfiles, maxsize;
+	char *dname;
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i <= 0xF; i++) {
 		dname = format("%s/%1x", dir, i);
-		sfile = format("%s/%1x/stats", dir, i);
-
-		memset(counters, 0, sizeof(counters));
-		stats_read(sfile, counters);
-
-		cleanup_dir(dname, counters[STATS_MAXFILES], counters[STATS_MAXSIZE]);
+		stats_get_limits(dname, &maxfiles, &maxsize);
+		cleanup_dir(dname, maxfiles, maxsize);
 		free(dname);
-		free(sfile);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/stats.c b/stats.c
index 8e43772..3994ebb 100644
--- a/stats.c
+++ b/stats.c
@@ -151,6 +151,28 @@ stats_update_size(enum stats stat, size_t size, unsigned files)
 	counter_updates[STATS_TOTALSIZE] += size;
 }
 
+/* Read in the stats from one directory and add to the counters. */
+static void
+stats_read(const char *path, unsigned counters[STATS_END])
+{
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY|O_BINARY);
+	if (fd == -1) {
+		stats_default(counters);
+	} else {
+		char buf[1024];
+		int len = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)-1);
+		if (len <= 0) {
+			stats_default(counters);
+			return;
+		}
+		buf[len] = 0;
+		parse_stats(counters, buf);
+		close(fd);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Write counter updates in pending_counters to disk.
  */
@@ -228,28 +250,6 @@ stats_get_pending(enum stats stat)
 	return counter_updates[stat];
 }
 
-/* read in the stats from one dir and add to the counters */
-void
-stats_read(const char *path, unsigned counters[STATS_END])
-{
-	int fd;
-
-	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY|O_BINARY);
-	if (fd == -1) {
-		stats_default(counters);
-	} else {
-		char buf[1024];
-		int len = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)-1);
-		if (len <= 0) {
-			stats_default(counters);
-			return;
-		}
-		buf[len] = 0;
-		parse_stats(counters, buf);
-		close(fd);
-	}
-}
-
 /* sum and display the total stats for all cache dirs */
 void
 stats_summary(void)
@@ -331,6 +331,19 @@ stats_zero(void)
 	}
 }
 
+/* Get the per directory limits */
+void
+stats_get_limits(const char *dir, unsigned *maxfiles, unsigned *maxsize)
+{
+	unsigned counters[STATS_END];
+	char *sname = format("%s/stats", dir);
+	memset(counters, 0, sizeof(counters));
+	stats_read(sname, counters);
+	free(sname);
+	*maxfiles = counters[STATS_MAXFILES];
+	*maxsize = counters[STATS_MAXSIZE];
+}
+
 /* set the per directory limits */
 int
 stats_set_limits(long maxfiles, long maxsize)