diff --git a/flang/runtime/file.cpp b/flang/runtime/file.cpp
--- a/flang/runtime/file.cpp
+++ b/flang/runtime/file.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
   if (::GetTempFileNameA(tempDirName, "Fortran", uUnique, tempFileName) == 0) {
     return -1;
   }
-  int fd{::_open(tempFileName, _O_CREAT | _O_TEMPORARY, _S_IREAD | _S_IWRITE)};
+  int fd{::_open(
+      tempFileName, _O_CREAT | _O_TEMPORARY | _O_RDWR, _S_IREAD | _S_IWRITE)};
 #else
   char path[]{"/tmp/Fortran-Scratch-XXXXXX"};
   int fd{::mkstemp(path)};
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@
 
 inline static int openfile_ftruncate(int fd, OpenFile::FileOffset at) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-  return !::_chsize(fd, at);
+  return ::_chsize(fd, at);
 #else
   return ::ftruncate(fd, at);
 #endif
diff --git a/flang/runtime/unit.cpp b/flang/runtime/unit.cpp
--- a/flang/runtime/unit.cpp
+++ b/flang/runtime/unit.cpp
@@ -687,13 +687,13 @@
       if (const char *p{
               FindLastNewline(Frame(), prevNL - 1 - frameOffsetInFile_)}) {
         recordOffsetInFrame_ = p - Frame() + 1;
-        *recordLength = prevNL - (frameOffsetInFile_ + recordOffsetInFrame_);
+        recordLength = prevNL - (frameOffsetInFile_ + recordOffsetInFrame_);
         break;
       }
     }
     if (frameOffsetInFile_ == 0) {
       recordOffsetInFrame_ = 0;
-      *recordLength = prevNL;
+      recordLength = prevNL;
       break;
     }
     frameOffsetInFile_ -= std::min<std::int64_t>(frameOffsetInFile_, 1024);