diff --git a/block/raw-posix.c b/block/raw-posix.c
index f606211..08b997e 100644
--- a/block/raw-posix.c
+++ b/block/raw-posix.c
@@ -572,8 +572,8 @@ static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
         options++;
     }
 
-    fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY,
-              0644);
+    fd = qemu_open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY,
+                   0644);
     if (fd < 0) {
         result = -errno;
     } else {
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ static int hdev_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, int flags)
         if ( bsdPath[ 0 ] != '\0' ) {
             strcat(bsdPath,"s0");
             /* some CDs don't have a partition 0 */
-            fd = open(bsdPath, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE);
+            fd = qemu_open(bsdPath, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE);
             if (fd < 0) {
                 bsdPath[strlen(bsdPath)-1] = '1';
             } else {
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ static int fd_open(BlockDriverState *bs)
 #endif
             return -EIO;
         }
-        s->fd = open(bs->filename, s->open_flags & ~O_NONBLOCK);
+        s->fd = qemu_open(bs->filename, s->open_flags & ~O_NONBLOCK);
         if (s->fd < 0) {
             s->fd_error_time = get_clock();
             s->fd_got_error = 1;
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ static int hdev_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
         options++;
     }
 
-    fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_BINARY);
+    fd = qemu_open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_BINARY);
     if (fd < 0)
         return -errno;
 
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ static int floppy_probe_device(const char *filename)
         prio = 50;
     }
 
-    fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
+    fd = qemu_open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
     if (fd < 0) {
         goto out;
     }
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ static void floppy_eject(BlockDriverState *bs, bool eject_flag)
         close(s->fd);
         s->fd = -1;
     }
-    fd = open(bs->filename, s->open_flags | O_NONBLOCK);
+    fd = qemu_open(bs->filename, s->open_flags | O_NONBLOCK);
     if (fd >= 0) {
         if (ioctl(fd, FDEJECT, 0) < 0)
             perror("FDEJECT");
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ static int cdrom_probe_device(const char *filename)
     int prio = 0;
     struct stat st;
 
-    fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
+    fd = qemu_open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
     if (fd < 0) {
         goto out;
     }
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ static int cdrom_reopen(BlockDriverState *bs)
      */
     if (s->fd >= 0)
         close(s->fd);
-    fd = open(bs->filename, s->open_flags, 0644);
+    fd = qemu_open(bs->filename, s->open_flags, 0644);
     if (fd < 0) {
         s->fd = -1;
         return -EIO;
diff --git a/block/raw-win32.c b/block/raw-win32.c
index e4b0b75..8d7838d 100644
--- a/block/raw-win32.c
+++ b/block/raw-win32.c
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
         options++;
     }
 
-    fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY,
-              0644);
+    fd = qemu_open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY,
+                   0644);
     if (fd < 0)
         return -EIO;
     set_sparse(fd);
diff --git a/block/vdi.c b/block/vdi.c
index 57325d6..c4f1529 100644
--- a/block/vdi.c
+++ b/block/vdi.c
@@ -653,8 +653,9 @@ static int vdi_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
         options++;
     }
 
-    fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE,
-              0644);
+    fd = qemu_open(filename,
+                   O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE,
+                   0644);
     if (fd < 0) {
         return -errno;
     }
diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 18e9b4c..557dc1b 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -1161,10 +1161,9 @@ static int vmdk_create_extent(const char *filename, int64_t filesize,
     VMDK4Header header;
     uint32_t tmp, magic, grains, gd_size, gt_size, gt_count;
 
-    fd = open(
-        filename,
-        O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE,
-        0644);
+    fd = qemu_open(filename,
+                   O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE,
+                   0644);
     if (fd < 0) {
         return -errno;
     }
@@ -1484,15 +1483,13 @@ static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
             (flags & BLOCK_FLAG_COMPAT6 ? 6 : 4),
             total_size / (int64_t)(63 * 16 * 512));
     if (split || flat) {
-        fd = open(
-                filename,
-                O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE,
-                0644);
+        fd = qemu_open(filename,
+                       O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE,
+                       0644);
     } else {
-        fd = open(
-                filename,
-                O_WRONLY | O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE,
-                0644);
+        fd = qemu_open(filename,
+                       O_WRONLY | O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE,
+                       0644);
     }
     if (fd < 0) {
         return -errno;
diff --git a/block/vpc.c b/block/vpc.c
index 5cd13d1..60ebf5a 100644
--- a/block/vpc.c
+++ b/block/vpc.c
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ static int vpc_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     }
 
     /* Create the file */
-    fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY, 0644);
+    fd = qemu_open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY, 0644);
     if (fd < 0) {
         return -EIO;
     }
diff --git a/block/vvfat.c b/block/vvfat.c
index 7b1dcee..22b586a 100644
--- a/block/vvfat.c
+++ b/block/vvfat.c
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ static int open_file(BDRVVVFATState* s,mapping_t* mapping)
     if(!s->current_mapping ||
 	    strcmp(s->current_mapping->path,mapping->path)) {
 	/* open file */
-	int fd = open(mapping->path, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE);
+	int fd = qemu_open(mapping->path, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE);
 	if(fd<0)
 	    return -1;
 	vvfat_close_current_file(s);
@@ -2221,7 +2221,7 @@ static int commit_one_file(BDRVVVFATState* s,
     for (i = s->cluster_size; i < offset; i += s->cluster_size)
 	c = modified_fat_get(s, c);
 
-    fd = open(mapping->path, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_BINARY, 0666);
+    fd = qemu_open(mapping->path, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_BINARY, 0666);
     if (fd < 0) {
 	fprintf(stderr, "Could not open %s... (%s, %d)\n", mapping->path,
 		strerror(errno), errno);
