diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 59a1d765ee..2d4613e0b1 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1836,28 +1836,29 @@ int mingw_accept(int sockfd1, struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t *sz)
 #undef rename
 int mingw_rename(const char *pold, const char *pnew)
 {
-	DWORD attrs, gle;
+	DWORD attrs = INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES, gle;
 	int tries = 0;
 	wchar_t wpold[MAX_LONG_PATH], wpnew[MAX_LONG_PATH];
 	if (xutftowcs_long_path(wpold, pold) < 0 ||
 	    xutftowcs_long_path(wpnew, pnew) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	/*
-	 * Try native rename() first to get errno right.
-	 * It is based on MoveFile(), which cannot overwrite existing files.
-	 */
-	if (!_wrename(wpold, wpnew))
-		return 0;
-	if (errno != EEXIST)
-		return -1;
 repeat:
-	if (MoveFileExW(wpold, wpnew, MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING))
+	if (MoveFileExW(wpold, wpnew,
+			MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING | MOVEFILE_COPY_ALLOWED))
 		return 0;
-	/* TODO: translate more errors */
 	gle = GetLastError();
-	if (gle == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED &&
-	    (attrs = GetFileAttributesW(wpnew)) != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
+
+	/* revert file attributes on failure */
+	if (attrs != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
+		SetFileAttributesW(wpnew, attrs);
+
+	if (!is_file_in_use_error(gle)) {
+		errno = err_win_to_posix(gle);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if ((attrs = GetFileAttributesW(wpnew)) != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
 		if (attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) {
 			DWORD attrsold = GetFileAttributesW(wpold);
 			if (attrsold == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES ||
@@ -1868,16 +1869,10 @@ repeat:
 			return -1;
 		}
 		if ((attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY) &&
-		    SetFileAttributesW(wpnew, attrs & ~FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY)) {
-			if (MoveFileExW(wpold, wpnew, MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING))
-				return 0;
-			gle = GetLastError();
-			/* revert file attributes on failure */
-			SetFileAttributesW(wpnew, attrs);
-		}
+		    SetFileAttributesW(wpnew, attrs & ~FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY))
+			goto repeat;
 	}
-	if (gle == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED &&
-	       retry_ask_yes_no(&tries, "Rename from '%s' to '%s' failed. "
+	if (retry_ask_yes_no(&tries, "Rename from '%s' to '%s' failed. "
 		       "Should I try again?", pold, pnew))
 		goto repeat;