diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/file.c b/dlls/msvcrt/file.c
index fe3525cdc09..295cbdc6a70 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/file.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/file.c
@@ -3428,7 +3428,7 @@ int CDECL MSVCRT__fclose_nolock(MSVCRT_FILE* file)
   file->_tmpfname = NULL;
   /* flush stdio buffers */
   if(file->_flag & MSVCRT__IOWRT)
-      MSVCRT_fflush(file);
+      MSVCRT__fflush_nolock(file);
   if(file->_flag & MSVCRT__IOMYBUF)
       MSVCRT_free(file->_base);