diff --git a/src/Uno.UI.RuntimeTests/Tests/Windows_Storage/Given_StorageFile.cs b/src/Uno.UI.RuntimeTests/Tests/Windows_Storage/Given_StorageFile.cs
index 21bcd363b042..b63b3f3bb2c4 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UI.RuntimeTests/Tests/Windows_Storage/Given_StorageFile.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UI.RuntimeTests/Tests/Windows_Storage/Given_StorageFile.cs
@@ -339,6 +339,17 @@ public async Task When_Open_By_Encoded_URI_With_Space()
 			}
 		}
 
+		[TestMethod]
+		public async Task When_Open_Multiple_Reads_Single_Write()
+		{
+			var uri = new Uri($"ms-appx:///Assets/Asset With Spaces.svg");
+			var file = await StorageFile.GetFileFromApplicationUriAsync(uri);
+			_ = await file.OpenStreamForReadAsync();
+			_ = await file.OpenStreamForReadAsync();
+			_ = await file.OpenStreamForWriteAsync();
+			_ = await file.OpenStreamForReadAsync();
+		}
+
 		[TestMethod]
 #if __MACOS__ && !NET6_0_OR_GREATER
 		[Ignore] // Not supported for Xamarin.mac target
diff --git a/src/Uno.UWP/System.IO/WindowsRuntimeStorageExtensions.cs b/src/Uno.UWP/System.IO/WindowsRuntimeStorageExtensions.cs
index 8fdc79844076..3cd5a886c7ec 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UWP/System.IO/WindowsRuntimeStorageExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UWP/System.IO/WindowsRuntimeStorageExtensions.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public static async Task<Stream> OpenStreamForReadAsync(this IStorageFile window
 		{
 			if (windowsRuntimeFile is StorageFile file)
 			{
-				return await file.OpenStream(CancellationToken.None, FileAccessMode.Read, StorageOpenOptions.None);
+				return await file.OpenStream(CancellationToken.None, FileAccessMode.Read, StorageOpenOptions.AllowReadersAndWriters);
 			}
 			else
 			{
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public static async Task<Stream> OpenStreamForWriteAsync(this IStorageFile windo
 		{
 			if (windowsRuntimeFile is StorageFile file)
 			{
-				return await file.OpenStream(CancellationToken.None, FileAccessMode.ReadWrite, StorageOpenOptions.None);
+				return await file.OpenStream(CancellationToken.None, FileAccessMode.ReadWrite, StorageOpenOptions.AllowOnlyReaders);
 			}
 			else
 			{