diff --git a/libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c b/libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c
index afd836c835..46635532e3 100644
--- a/libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c
+++ b/libretro-common/streams/file_stream.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ RFILE *filestream_open(const char *path, unsigned mode, ssize_t len)
 #endif
    {
       /* FIXME: HAVE_BUFFERED_IO is always 1, but if it is ever changed, open() needs to be changed to _wopen() for WIndows. */
-      stream->fd = open(path, flags);
+      stream->fd = open(path, flags, mode_int);
       if (stream->fd == -1)
          goto error;
 #ifdef HAVE_MMAP