diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/file.c b/dlls/kernel32/file.c
index 79cfc974f10..194960bedfa 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/file.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/file.c
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ HANDLE WINAPI CreateFileW( LPCWSTR filename, DWORD access, DWORD sharing,
     if (attributes & FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING)
         options |= FILE_NO_INTERMEDIATE_BUFFERING;
     if (!(attributes & FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED))
-        options |= FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_ALERT;
+        options |= FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT;
     if (attributes & FILE_FLAG_RANDOM_ACCESS)
         options |= FILE_RANDOM_ACCESS;
     attributes &= FILE_ATTRIBUTE_VALID_FLAGS;
diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/tests/file.c b/dlls/kernel32/tests/file.c
index 59803c631e2..df2ab3738c5 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/tests/file.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/tests/file.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ static BOOL (WINAPI *pReplaceFileA)(LPCSTR, LPCSTR, LPCSTR, DWORD, LPVOID, LPVOI
 static BOOL (WINAPI *pReplaceFileW)(LPCWSTR, LPCWSTR, LPCWSTR, DWORD, LPVOID, LPVOID);
 static UINT (WINAPI *pGetSystemWindowsDirectoryA)(LPSTR, UINT);
 static BOOL (WINAPI *pGetVolumeNameForVolumeMountPointA)(LPCSTR, LPSTR, DWORD);
+static DWORD WINAPI (*pQueueUserAPC)(PAPCFUNC pfnAPC, HANDLE hThread, ULONG_PTR dwData);
 
 /* keep filename and filenameW the same */
 static const char filename[] = "testfile.xxx";
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ static void InitFunctionPointers(void)
     pReplaceFileW=(void*)GetProcAddress(hkernel32, "ReplaceFileW");
     pGetSystemWindowsDirectoryA=(void*)GetProcAddress(hkernel32, "GetSystemWindowsDirectoryA");
     pGetVolumeNameForVolumeMountPointA = (void *) GetProcAddress(hkernel32, "GetVolumeNameForVolumeMountPointA");
+    pQueueUserAPC = (void *) GetProcAddress(hkernel32, "QueueUserAPC");
 }
 
 static void test__hread( void )
@@ -2362,6 +2364,12 @@ static void test_async_file_errors(void)
     HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, lpBuffer);
 }
 
+static BOOL user_apc_ran;
+static void CALLBACK user_apc(ULONG_PTR param)
+{
+    user_apc_ran = TRUE;
+}
+
 static void test_read_write(void)
 {
     DWORD bytes, ret, old_prot;
@@ -2382,6 +2390,12 @@ static void test_read_write(void)
                         CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_FLAG_RANDOM_ACCESS, 0);
     ok(hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, "CreateFileA: error %d\n", GetLastError());
 
+    user_apc_ran = FALSE;
+    if (pQueueUserAPC) {
+        trace("Queueing an user APC\n"); /* verify the file is non alerable */
+        ok(pQueueUserAPC(&user_apc, GetCurrentThread(), 0), "QueueUserAPC failed: %d\n", GetLastError());
+    }
+
     SetLastError(12345678);
     bytes = 12345678;
     ret = WriteFile(hFile, NULL, 0, &bytes, NULL);
@@ -2418,6 +2432,10 @@ static void test_read_write(void)
 	"ret = %d, error %d\n", ret, GetLastError());
     ok(!bytes, "bytes = %d\n", bytes);
 
+    ok(user_apc_ran == FALSE, "UserAPC ran, file using alertable io mode\n");
+    if (pQueueUserAPC)
+        SleepEx(0, TRUE); /* get rid of apc */
+
     /* test passing protected memory as buffer */
 
     mem = VirtualAlloc( NULL, 0x4000, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE );