diff --git a/rpcs3/util/vm_native.cpp b/rpcs3/util/vm_native.cpp
index 6da7d3830f..eed9fbea62 100644
--- a/rpcs3/util/vm_native.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/util/vm_native.cpp
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ namespace utils
 		}
 
 		ensure(f.trunc(m_size));
-		m_handle = ensure(::CreateFileMappingW(f.get_handle(), nullptr, PAGE_WRITECOPY, 0, 0, nullptr));
+		m_handle = ensure(::CreateFileMappingW(f.get_handle(), nullptr, PAGE_READWRITE, 0, 0, nullptr));
 #else
 		if (!storage.empty())
 		{