diff --git a/internal/fs/file_windows.go b/internal/fs/file_windows.go
index f1ff733fa..2aa050d2c 100644
--- a/internal/fs/file_windows.go
+++ b/internal/fs/file_windows.go
@@ -123,10 +123,7 @@ func openHandleForEA(nodeType data.NodeType, path string, writeAccess bool) (han
 	}
 
 	switch nodeType {
-	case data.NodeTypeFile:
-		utf16Path := windows.StringToUTF16Ptr(path)
-		handle, err = windows.CreateFile(utf16Path, uint32(fileAccess), 0, nil, windows.OPEN_EXISTING, windows.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, 0)
-	case data.NodeTypeDir:
+	case data.NodeTypeFile, data.NodeTypeDir:
 		utf16Path := windows.StringToUTF16Ptr(path)
 		handle, err = windows.CreateFile(utf16Path, uint32(fileAccess), 0, nil, windows.OPEN_EXISTING, windows.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL|windows.FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, 0)
 	default:
diff --git a/internal/fs/node_windows_test.go b/internal/fs/node_windows_test.go
index 426a074d5..fcfa3ed37 100644
--- a/internal/fs/node_windows_test.go
+++ b/internal/fs/node_windows_test.go
@@ -302,9 +302,7 @@ func TestRestoreExtendedAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 		var handle windows.Handle
 		var err error
 		utf16Path := windows.StringToUTF16Ptr(testPath)
-		if node.Type == data.NodeTypeFile {
-			handle, err = windows.CreateFile(utf16Path, windows.FILE_READ_EA, 0, nil, windows.OPEN_EXISTING, windows.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, 0)
-		} else if node.Type == data.NodeTypeDir {
+		if node.Type == data.NodeTypeFile || node.Type == data.NodeTypeDir {
 			handle, err = windows.CreateFile(utf16Path, windows.FILE_READ_EA, 0, nil, windows.OPEN_EXISTING, windows.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL|windows.FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, 0)
 		}
 		test.OK(t, errors.Wrapf(err, "Error opening file/directory for: %s", testPath))