diff --git a/disk/src/qcow/mod.rs b/disk/src/qcow/mod.rs
index 19a044c772..85b96c5048 100644
--- a/disk/src/qcow/mod.rs
+++ b/disk/src/qcow/mod.rs
@@ -2470,7 +2470,7 @@ mod tests {
         let _backing_file = OpenOptions::new()
             .read(true)
             .write(true)
-            .create(true)
+            .create_new(true)
             .open(&backing_file_path)
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2478,7 +2478,7 @@ mod tests {
         let level1_qcow_file = OpenOptions::new()
             .read(true)
             .write(true)
-            .create(true)
+            .create_new(true)
             .open(&level1_qcow_file_path)
             .unwrap();
         let _level1_qcow_file = QcowFile::new_from_backing(
diff --git a/io_uring/tests/uring.rs b/io_uring/tests/uring.rs
index bb3cd53e47..381bbbd845 100644
--- a/io_uring/tests/uring.rs
+++ b/io_uring/tests/uring.rs
@@ -308,8 +308,7 @@ fn fallocate_fsync() {
         let mut f = OpenOptions::new()
             .read(true)
             .write(true)
-            .create(true)
-            .truncate(true)
+            .create_new(true)
             .open(&file_path)
             .unwrap();
         f.write_all(&buf).unwrap();
@@ -321,6 +320,7 @@ fn fallocate_fsync() {
         .read(true)
         .write(true)
         .create(true)
+        .truncate(false)
         .open(&file_path)
         .unwrap();