diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_mac.cc b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_mac.cc
index e7b846fb057b..80ecad2aae53 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_mac.cc
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_mac.cc
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ int internal_close(fd_t fd) {
 
 fd_t internal_open(const char *filename, bool write) {
   return open(filename,
-              write ? O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC : O_RDONLY, 0660);
+              write ? O_WRONLY | O_CREAT : O_RDONLY, 0660);
 }
 
 uptr internal_read(fd_t fd, void *buf, uptr count) {