diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/virtual.c b/dlls/ntdll/virtual.c
index 70dea5aef5c..4819d2d97a6 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/virtual.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/virtual.c
@@ -854,10 +854,11 @@ done:
  * The csVirtual section must be held by caller.
  */
 static NTSTATUS map_file_into_view( struct file_view *view, int fd, size_t start, size_t size,
-                                    off_t offset, unsigned int vprot, int flags, BOOL removable )
+                                    off_t offset, unsigned int vprot, BOOL removable )
 {
     void *ptr;
     int prot = VIRTUAL_GetUnixProt( vprot | VPROT_COMMITTED /* make sure it is accessible */ );
+    unsigned int flags = MAP_FIXED | ((vprot & VPROT_WRITECOPY) ? MAP_PRIVATE : MAP_SHARED);
 
     assert( start < view->size );
     assert( start + size <= view->size );
@@ -872,7 +873,7 @@ static NTSTATUS map_file_into_view( struct file_view *view, int fd, size_t start
     /* only try mmap if media is not removable (or if we require write access) */
     if (!removable || (flags & MAP_SHARED))
     {
-        if (mmap( (char *)view->base + start, size, prot, flags | MAP_FIXED, fd, offset ) != (void *)-1)
+        if (mmap( (char *)view->base + start, size, prot, flags, fd, offset ) != (void *)-1)
             goto done;
 
         if ((errno == EPERM) && (prot & PROT_EXEC))
@@ -1094,7 +1095,7 @@ static NTSTATUS map_image( HANDLE hmapping, int fd, char *base, SIZE_T total_siz
     if (!st.st_size) goto error;
     header_size = min( header_size, st.st_size );
     if (map_file_into_view( view, fd, 0, header_size, 0, VPROT_COMMITTED | VPROT_READ | VPROT_WRITECOPY,
-                            MAP_PRIVATE, !dup_mapping ) != STATUS_SUCCESS) goto error;
+                            !dup_mapping ) != STATUS_SUCCESS) goto error;
     dos = (IMAGE_DOS_HEADER *)ptr;
     nt = (IMAGE_NT_HEADERS *)(ptr + dos->e_lfanew);
     header_end = ptr + ROUND_SIZE( 0, header_size );
@@ -1118,8 +1119,8 @@ static NTSTATUS map_image( HANDLE hmapping, int fd, char *base, SIZE_T total_siz
         /* unaligned sections, this happens for native subsystem binaries */
         /* in that case Windows simply maps in the whole file */
 
-        if (map_file_into_view( view, fd, 0, total_size, 0, VPROT_COMMITTED | VPROT_READ,
-                                MAP_PRIVATE, !dup_mapping ) != STATUS_SUCCESS) goto error;
+        if (map_file_into_view( view, fd, 0, total_size, 0, VPROT_COMMITTED | VPROT_READ | VPROT_WRITECOPY,
+                                !dup_mapping ) != STATUS_SUCCESS) goto error;
 
         /* check that all sections are loaded at the right offset */
         if (nt->OptionalHeader.FileAlignment != nt->OptionalHeader.SectionAlignment) goto error;
@@ -1172,8 +1173,7 @@ static NTSTATUS map_image( HANDLE hmapping, int fd, char *base, SIZE_T total_siz
                             sec->PointerToRawData, (int)pos, file_size, map_size,
                             sec->Characteristics );
             if (map_file_into_view( view, shared_fd, sec->VirtualAddress, map_size, pos,
-                                    VPROT_COMMITTED | VPROT_READ | VPROT_WRITE,
-                                    MAP_SHARED, FALSE ) != STATUS_SUCCESS)
+                                    VPROT_COMMITTED | VPROT_READ | VPROT_WRITE, FALSE ) != STATUS_SUCCESS)
             {
                 ERR_(module)( "Could not map shared section %.8s\n", sec->Name );
                 goto error;
@@ -1189,8 +1189,7 @@ static NTSTATUS map_image( HANDLE hmapping, int fd, char *base, SIZE_T total_siz
                 if (end > base)
                     map_file_into_view( view, shared_fd, base, end - base,
                                         pos + (base - sec->VirtualAddress),
-                                        VPROT_COMMITTED | VPROT_READ | VPROT_WRITECOPY,
-                                        MAP_PRIVATE, FALSE );
+                                        VPROT_COMMITTED | VPROT_READ | VPROT_WRITECOPY, FALSE );
             }
             pos += map_size;
             continue;
@@ -1212,7 +1211,7 @@ static NTSTATUS map_image( HANDLE hmapping, int fd, char *base, SIZE_T total_siz
             end < file_start ||
             map_file_into_view( view, fd, sec->VirtualAddress, file_size, file_start,
                                 VPROT_COMMITTED | VPROT_READ | VPROT_WRITECOPY,
-                                MAP_PRIVATE, !dup_mapping ) != STATUS_SUCCESS)
+                                !dup_mapping ) != STATUS_SUCCESS)
         {
             ERR_(module)( "Could not map section %.8s, file probably truncated\n", sec->Name );
             goto error;
@@ -2627,8 +2626,7 @@ NTSTATUS WINAPI NtMapViewOfSection( HANDLE handle, HANDLE process, PVOID *addr_p
     TRACE("handle=%p size=%lx offset=%x%08x\n",
           handle, size, offset.u.HighPart, offset.u.LowPart );
 
-    res = map_file_into_view( view, unix_handle, 0, size, offset.QuadPart, vprot,
-                              (vprot & VPROT_WRITECOPY) ? MAP_PRIVATE : MAP_SHARED, !dup_mapping );
+    res = map_file_into_view( view, unix_handle, 0, size, offset.QuadPart, vprot, !dup_mapping );
     if (res == STATUS_SUCCESS)
     {
         *addr_ptr = view->base;