diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 0ecefece80..5f6c9addd0 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 * The background thread naming convention changed (on supporting platforms) to "rocksdb:<thread pool priority><thread number>", e.g., "rocksdb:low0".
 * Add a new ticker stat rocksdb.number.multiget.keys.found to count number of keys successfully read in MultiGet calls
 * Touch-up to write-related counters in PerfContext. New counters added: write_scheduling_flushes_compactions_time, write_thread_wait_nanos. Counters whose behavior was fixed or modified: write_memtable_time, write_pre_and_post_process_time, write_delay_time.
+* Posix Env's NewRandomRWFile() will fail if the file doesn't exist.
 
 ### New Features
 * Introduce TTL for level compaction so that all files older than ttl go through the compaction process to get rid of old data.
diff --git a/env/env_posix.cc b/env/env_posix.cc
index 038d7c44a4..660b3cf07a 100644
--- a/env/env_posix.cc
+++ b/env/env_posix.cc
@@ -441,8 +441,7 @@ class PosixEnv : public Env {
     int fd = -1;
     while (fd < 0) {
       IOSTATS_TIMER_GUARD(open_nanos);
-      fd = open(fname.c_str(), O_CREAT | O_RDWR,
-                GetDBFileMode(allow_non_owner_access_));
+      fd = open(fname.c_str(), O_RDWR, GetDBFileMode(allow_non_owner_access_));
       if (fd < 0) {
         // Error while opening the file
         if (errno == EINTR) {
diff --git a/env/env_test.cc b/env/env_test.cc
index 3e5892437e..6d2f0d8994 100644
--- a/env/env_test.cc
+++ b/env/env_test.cc
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ TEST_F(EnvPosixTest, DISABLED_FilePermission) {
         test::TmpDir(env_) + "/testfile", test::TmpDir(env_) + "/testfile1"};
     unique_ptr<WritableFile> wfile;
     ASSERT_OK(env_->NewWritableFile(fileNames[0], &wfile, soptions));
+    ASSERT_OK(env_->NewWritableFile(fileNames[1], &wfile, soptions));
+    wfile.reset();
     unique_ptr<RandomRWFile> rwfile;
     ASSERT_OK(env_->NewRandomRWFile(fileNames[1], &rwfile, soptions));
 
@@ -188,6 +190,8 @@ TEST_F(EnvPosixTest, DISABLED_FilePermission) {
 
     env_->SetAllowNonOwnerAccess(false);
     ASSERT_OK(env_->NewWritableFile(fileNames[0], &wfile, soptions));
+    ASSERT_OK(env_->NewWritableFile(fileNames[1], &wfile, soptions));
+    wfile.reset();
     ASSERT_OK(env_->NewRandomRWFile(fileNames[1], &rwfile, soptions));
 
     for (const auto& filename : fileNames) {
@@ -1432,6 +1436,18 @@ TEST_P(EnvPosixTestWithParam, PosixRandomRWFile) {
   env_->DeleteFile(path);
 
   std::unique_ptr<RandomRWFile> file;
+
+#ifdef OS_LINUX
+  // Cannot open non-existing file.
+  ASSERT_NOK(env_->NewRandomRWFile(path, &file, EnvOptions()));
+#endif
+
+  // Create the file using WriteableFile
+  {
+    std::unique_ptr<WritableFile> wf;
+    ASSERT_OK(env_->NewWritableFile(path, &wf, EnvOptions()));
+  }
+
   ASSERT_OK(env_->NewRandomRWFile(path, &file, EnvOptions()));
 
   char buf[10000];
@@ -1549,6 +1565,18 @@ TEST_P(EnvPosixTestWithParam, PosixRandomRWFileRandomized) {
   env_->DeleteFile(path);
 
   unique_ptr<RandomRWFile> file;
+
+#ifdef OS_LINUX
+  // Cannot open non-existing file.
+  ASSERT_NOK(env_->NewRandomRWFile(path, &file, EnvOptions()));
+#endif
+
+  // Create the file using WriteableFile
+  {
+    std::unique_ptr<WritableFile> wf;
+    ASSERT_OK(env_->NewWritableFile(path, &wf, EnvOptions()));
+  }
+
   ASSERT_OK(env_->NewRandomRWFile(path, &file, EnvOptions()));
   RandomRWFileWithMirrorString file_with_mirror(file.get());