Index: Modules/posixmodule.c
===================================================================
--- Modules/posixmodule.c	(revision 55023)
+++ Modules/posixmodule.c	(working copy)
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@
 	char *dot;
 	/* XXX not supported on Win95 and NT 3.x */
 	if (!Py_GetFileAttributesExA(path, GetFileExInfoStandard, &info)) {
-		if (GetLastError() != ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION) {
+		if (GetLastError() != ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED) {
 			/* Protocol violation: we explicitly clear errno, instead of
 			   setting it to a POSIX error. Callers should use GetLastError. */
 			errno = 0;
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@
 	WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA info;
 	/* XXX not supported on Win95 and NT 3.x */
 	if (!Py_GetFileAttributesExW(path, GetFileExInfoStandard, &info)) {
-		if (GetLastError() != ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION) {
+		if (GetLastError() != ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED) {
 			/* Protocol violation: we explicitly clear errno, instead of
 			   setting it to a POSIX error. Callers should use GetLastError. */
 			errno = 0;