diff --git a/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/iofunc.c b/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/iofunc.c
index c344b422d8a..f3ad7164c2a 100644
--- a/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/iofunc.c
+++ b/ntoskrnl/io/iomgr/iofunc.c
@@ -3656,9 +3656,15 @@ NtWriteFile(IN HANDLE FileHandle,
                     if ((DeviceObject->SectorSize != 0) &&
                         (ByteOffset->QuadPart % DeviceObject->SectorSize != 0))
                     {
-                        /* Release the file object and and fail */
-                        ObDereferenceObject(FileObject);
-                        return STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+                        /* Only if that's not specific values for synchronous IO */
+                        if ((ByteOffset->QuadPart != FILE_WRITE_TO_END_OF_FILE) &&
+                            (ByteOffset->QuadPart != FILE_USE_FILE_POINTER_POSITION ||
+                             !BooleanFlagOn(FileObject->Flags, FO_SYNCHRONOUS_IO)))
+                        {
+                            /* Release the file object and and fail */
+                            ObDereferenceObject(FileObject);
+                            return STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }