diff --git a/src/pkg/os/file_mingw.go b/src/pkg/os/file_mingw.go
index b9ba6a984d0..41bbe1e2ded 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/file_mingw.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/file_mingw.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func Open(name string, flag int, perm int) (file *File, err Error) {
 	if e == nil {
 		return r, nil
 	}
-	r, e = openFile(name, flag|syscall.O_CLOEXEC, perm)
+	r, e = openFile(name, flag, perm)
 	if e == nil {
 		return r, nil
 	}
diff --git a/src/pkg/os/stat_mingw.go b/src/pkg/os/stat_mingw.go
index b22843aeaa6..f2112759b4b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/stat_mingw.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/stat_mingw.go
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ func fileInfoFromStat(name string, fi *FileInfo, lstat, stat *syscall.Stat_t) *F
 	fi.Mode = 0
 	if stat.Windata.FileAttributes == syscall.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY {
 		fi.Mode = fi.Mode | syscall.S_IFDIR
-	}
-	if stat.Windata.FileAttributes == syscall.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL {
+	} else {
 		fi.Mode = fi.Mode | syscall.S_IFREG
 	}
 	if stat.Windata.FileAttributes == syscall.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY {
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_mingw.go b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_mingw.go
index c3f8b9fb7ec..99f649e4fc2 100644
--- a/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_mingw.go
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_mingw.go
@@ -132,21 +132,19 @@ func Open(path string, mode int, perm int) (fd int, errno int) {
 	if len(path) == 0 {
 		return -1, ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
 	}
-	var access, sharemode uint32
-	switch {
-	case mode&O_CREAT != 0:
-		access = GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE
-		sharemode = 0
-	case mode&O_RDWR == O_RDONLY:
+	var access uint32
+	switch mode & (O_RDONLY | O_WRONLY | O_RDWR) {
+	case O_RDONLY:
 		access = GENERIC_READ
-		sharemode = FILE_SHARE_READ
-	case mode&O_RDWR == O_WRONLY:
+	case O_WRONLY:
 		access = GENERIC_WRITE
-		sharemode = FILE_SHARE_READ
-	case mode&O_RDWR == O_RDWR:
+	case O_RDWR:
 		access = GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE
-		sharemode = FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE
 	}
+	if mode&O_CREAT != 0 {
+		access |= GENERIC_WRITE
+	}
+	sharemode := uint32(FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE)
 	var createmode uint32
 	switch {
 	case mode&O_CREAT != 0: