diff --git a/Lib/tempfile.py b/Lib/tempfile.py
index b5dce97..c00ac73 100644
--- a/Lib/tempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tempfile.py
@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ def _mkstemp_inner(dir, pre, suf, flags):
         except OSError, e:
             if e.errno == _errno.EEXIST:
                 continue # try again
+            if _os.name == 'nt' and e.errno == _errno.EACCES:
+                # On windows, when a directory with chosen name already
+                # exists, EACCES error code is returned instead of EEXIST.
+                continue
             raise
 
     raise IOError, (_errno.EEXIST, "No usable temporary file name found")