diff --git a/block/vvfat.c b/block/vvfat.c
index c5b1442145..723c91216e 100644
--- a/block/vvfat.c
+++ b/block/vvfat.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include <dirent.h>
+#include <glib/gstdio.h>
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "block/block_int.h"
 #include "block/qdict.h"
@@ -2726,13 +2727,9 @@ static int handle_renames_and_mkdirs(BDRVVVFATState* s)
             mapping_t* mapping;
             int j, parent_path_len;
 
-#ifdef __MINGW32__
-            if (mkdir(commit->path))
+            if (g_mkdir(commit->path, 0755)) {
                 return -5;
-#else
-            if (mkdir(commit->path, 0755))
-                return -5;
-#endif
+            }
 
             mapping = insert_mapping(s, commit->param.mkdir.cluster,
                     commit->param.mkdir.cluster + 1);