diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/tests/file.c b/dlls/ntdll/tests/file.c
index 6164b0c4bde..2fa12410c93 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/tests/file.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/tests/file.c
@@ -401,6 +401,31 @@ static void open_file_test(void)
     CloseHandle( handle );
     CloseHandle( dir );
 
+    attr.RootDirectory = 0;
+    wcscat( path, L"\\cmd.exe" );
+    pRtlDosPathNameToNtPathName_U( path, &nameW, NULL, NULL );
+    status = pNtOpenFile( &handle, GENERIC_READ, &attr, &io,
+                          FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_SHARE_WRITE, FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE );
+    ok( status == STATUS_NOT_A_DIRECTORY, "open %s failed %x\n", wine_dbgstr_w(nameW.Buffer), status );
+    CloseHandle( handle );
+    status = pNtOpenFile( &handle, GENERIC_READ, &attr, &io,
+                          FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_SHARE_WRITE, FILE_NON_DIRECTORY_FILE );
+    ok( !status, "open %s failed %x\n", wine_dbgstr_w(nameW.Buffer), status );
+    CloseHandle( handle );
+    pRtlFreeUnicodeString( &nameW );
+
+    wcscat( path, L"\\cmd.exe" );
+    pRtlDosPathNameToNtPathName_U( path, &nameW, NULL, NULL );
+    status = pNtOpenFile( &handle, GENERIC_READ, &attr, &io,
+                          FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_SHARE_WRITE, FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE );
+    todo_wine
+    ok( status == STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND, "open %s failed %x\n", wine_dbgstr_w(nameW.Buffer), status );
+    status = pNtOpenFile( &handle, GENERIC_READ, &attr, &io,
+                          FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_SHARE_WRITE, FILE_NON_DIRECTORY_FILE );
+    todo_wine
+    ok( status == STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND, "open %s failed %x\n", wine_dbgstr_w(nameW.Buffer), status );
+    pRtlFreeUnicodeString( &nameW );
+
     GetTempPathW( MAX_PATH, path );
     lstrcatW( path, testdirW );
     CreateDirectoryW( path, NULL );
diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/unix/file.c b/dlls/ntdll/unix/file.c
index 20eb6a05922..8356e082899 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/unix/file.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/unix/file.c
@@ -2454,7 +2454,7 @@ NTSTATUS WINAPI NtQueryDirectoryFile( HANDLE handle, HANDLE event, PIO_APC_ROUTI
         }
         if (cwd == -1 || fchdir( cwd ) == -1) chdir( "/" );
     }
-    else status = STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED;
+    else status = errno_to_status( errno );
 
     pthread_mutex_unlock( &dir_mutex );
 
@@ -2557,11 +2557,8 @@ static NTSTATUS find_file_in_dir( char *unix_name, int pos, const WCHAR *name, i
     }
 #endif /* VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_BOTH */
 
-    if (!(dir = opendir( unix_name )))
-    {
-        if (errno == ENOENT) return STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND;
-        else return STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED;
-    }
+    if (!(dir = opendir( unix_name ))) return errno_to_status( errno );
+
     unix_name[pos - 1] = '/';
     while ((de = readdir( dir )))
     {
@@ -3038,7 +3035,7 @@ static NTSTATUS file_id_to_unix_file_name( const OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES *attr, char *
         }
         if (fchdir( old_cwd ) == -1) chdir( "/" );
     }
-    else status = STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED;
+    else status = errno_to_status( errno );
     pthread_mutex_unlock( &dir_mutex );
     if (old_cwd != -1) close( old_cwd );
 
@@ -3217,7 +3214,7 @@ static NTSTATUS nt_to_unix_file_name_attr( const OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES *attr, char *
                                            disposition, FALSE );
                 if (fchdir( old_cwd ) == -1) chdir( "/" );
             }
-            else status = STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED;
+            else status = errno_to_status( errno );
             pthread_mutex_unlock( &dir_mutex );
             if (old_cwd != -1) close( old_cwd );
             if (needs_close) close( root_fd );