newfd = CreateFile(lpath, GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, CREATE_NEW,
                                FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING|FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH, NULL);
 #else
-       newfd = open(lpath, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL
 #ifdef O_DIRECT
-               |O_DIRECT
+       /* The OS supports O_DIRECT, try with it */
+       newfd = open(lpath, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_DIRECT, 0666);
+       /* But open can fail if O_DIRECT isn't supported by the file system
+        * so retry without the flag
+        */
+       if (newfd == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && ErrCode() == EINVAL)
 #endif
-               , 0666);
+       newfd = open(lpath, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0666);
 #endif
        if (newfd == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
                rc = ErrCode();