diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/dir.c b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/dir.c
index b3aa6994a2c..c89afb6e465 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/dir.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/dir.c
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ RemoveDirectoryW (
         TRACE("NtPathU '%S'\n", NtPathU.Buffer);
 
         Status = NtOpenFile(&DirectoryHandle,
-                            DELETE,
+                            DELETE | SYNCHRONIZE,
                             &ObjectAttributes,
                             &IoStatusBlock,
                             FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/move.c b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/move.c
index dde35bf8d24..c46f006c043 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/move.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/move.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ MoveFileWithProgressW (
                                NULL);
 
     errCode = NtOpenFile( &hNewFile,
-                          GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,
+                          GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE | SYNCHRONIZE,
                           &ObjectAttributes,
                           &IoStatusBlock,
                           0,
diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/volume.c b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/volume.c
index 0283def92cf..ee74d9f990d 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/volume.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/kernel32/file/volume.c
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ GetVolumeNameForVolumeMountPointW(
 
    RtlInitUnicodeString(&NtFileName, L"\\??\\MountPointManager");
    InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes, &NtFileName, 0, NULL, NULL);
-   Status = NtOpenFile(&FileHandle, FILE_GENERIC_READ, &ObjectAttributes,
+   Status = NtOpenFile(&FileHandle, FILE_GENERIC_READ | SYNCHRONIZE, &ObjectAttributes,
                        &Iosb, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
                        FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT);
    if (!NT_SUCCESS(Status))