diff --git a/lib/std/fs/test.zig b/lib/std/fs/test.zig
index 8c60ffc343b4b8b71f1a36d6e9e8ad5c7b9b8dd0..88d348d0a8dceae9b03fe2e6b413d0a1c60df438 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs/test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs/test.zig
@@ -2561,7 +2561,7 @@ test "open smoke test" {
     }
 
     // Try opening as file which should fail.
-    try expectError(error.IsDir, tmp.dir.openFile(io, "some_dir", .{}));
+    try expectError(error.IsDir, tmp.dir.openFile(io, "some_dir", .{ .allow_directory = false }));
 }
 
 test "hard link with different directories" {