diff --git a/cmds/filesystem-du.c b/cmds/filesystem-du.c
index 32815855..32ab1059 100644
--- a/cmds/filesystem-du.c
+++ b/cmds/filesystem-du.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static int du_add_file(const char *filename, int dirfd,
 		ret = sprintf(pathp, "/%s", filename);
 	pathp += ret;
 
-	fd = btrfs_open_fd2(path, false, false, false);
+	fd = btrfs_open_fd2(path, true, false, false);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		ret = fd;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/cmds/filesystem.c b/cmds/filesystem.c
index 8005980e..4d325fa2 100644
--- a/cmds/filesystem.c
+++ b/cmds/filesystem.c
@@ -1150,10 +1150,8 @@ static int cmd_filesystem_defrag(const struct cmd_struct *cmd,
 		struct stat st;
 		int defrag_err = 0;
 
-		fd = btrfs_open_fd2(argv[i], false, defrag_open_mode == O_RDWR, false);
+		fd = btrfs_open_fd2(argv[i], true, defrag_open_mode == O_RDWR, false);
 		if (fd < 0) {
-			errno = -fd;
-			error("cannot open %s: %m", argv[i]);
 			ret = fd;
 			goto next;
 		}
diff --git a/cmds/property.c b/cmds/property.c
index 0121b4d5..0afd6030 100644
--- a/cmds/property.c
+++ b/cmds/property.c
@@ -179,10 +179,8 @@ static int prop_compression(enum prop_object_type type,
 	char *xattr_name = NULL;
 	int open_flags = value ? O_RDWR : O_RDONLY;
 
-	fd = btrfs_open_fd2(object, false, open_flags == O_RDWR, false);
+	fd = btrfs_open_fd2(object, true, open_flags == O_RDWR, false);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		errno = -fd;
-		error("failed to open %s: %m", object);
 		ret = fd;
 		goto out;
 	}