diff --git a/Modules/_winapi.c b/Modules/_winapi.c
index 2eb708e9073e91..b37b8e0847d0a1 100644
--- a/Modules/_winapi.c
+++ b/Modules/_winapi.c
@@ -502,7 +502,9 @@ _winapi_CreateFileMapping_impl(PyObject *module, HANDLE file_handle,
     Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
 
     if (handle == NULL) {
-        PyErr_SetFromWindowsErrWithUnicodeFilename(0, name);
+        PyObject *temp = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(name, -1);
+        PyErr_SetExcFromWindowsErrWithFilenameObject(PyExc_OSError, 0, temp);
+        Py_XDECREF(temp);
         handle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
     }
 
@@ -1379,7 +1381,9 @@ _winapi_OpenFileMapping_impl(PyObject *module, DWORD desired_access,
     Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
 
     if (handle == NULL) {
-        PyErr_SetFromWindowsErrWithUnicodeFilename(0, name);
+        PyObject *temp = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(name, -1);
+        PyErr_SetExcFromWindowsErrWithFilenameObject(PyExc_OSError, 0, temp);
+        Py_XDECREF(temp);
         handle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
     }