diff --git a/src/util/virfile.c b/src/util/virfile.c
index e8713613e3..e07f3d6b9c 100644
--- a/src/util/virfile.c
+++ b/src/util/virfile.c
@@ -2643,7 +2643,7 @@ virDirCreateNoFork(const char *path,
         virReportSystemError(errno, _("stat of '%s' failed"), path);
         goto error;
     }
-# ifndef WIN32
+
     if (((uid != (uid_t) -1 && st.st_uid != uid) ||
          (gid != (gid_t) -1 && st.st_gid != gid))
         && (chown(path, uid, gid) < 0)) {
@@ -2652,7 +2652,7 @@ virDirCreateNoFork(const char *path,
                              path, (unsigned int) uid, (unsigned int) gid);
         goto error;
     }
-# endif /* !WIN32 */
+
     if (mode != (mode_t) -1 && chmod(path, mode) < 0) {
         ret = -errno;
         virReportSystemError(errno,