diff --git a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_classic_queue_store_v2.erl b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_classic_queue_store_v2.erl
index 478260c1fba..8e8d0de92d8 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_classic_queue_store_v2.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_classic_queue_store_v2.erl
@@ -194,6 +194,25 @@ maybe_flush_buffer(State = #qs{ write_buffer_size = WriteBufferSize }) ->
         false -> State
     end.
 
+open_eventually(File, Modes) ->
+    open_eventually(File, Modes, 3).
+
+open_eventually(_, _, 0) ->
+    {error, eacces};
+open_eventually(File, Modes, N) ->
+    case file:open(File, Modes) of
+        OK = {ok, _} ->
+            OK;
+        %% When the current write file was recently deleted it
+        %% is possible on Windows to get an {error,eacces}.
+        %% Sometimes Windows sets the files to "DELETE PENDING"
+        %% state and delays deletion a bit. So we wait 10ms and
+        %% try again up to 3 times.
+        {error, eacces} ->
+            timer:sleep(10),
+            open_eventually(File, Modes, N - 1)
+    end.
+
 flush_buffer(State = #qs{ write_buffer_size = 0 }, _) ->
     State;
 flush_buffer(State0 = #qs{ write_buffer = WriteBuffer }, FsyncFun) ->
@@ -204,7 +223,7 @@ flush_buffer(State0 = #qs{ write_buffer = WriteBuffer }, FsyncFun) ->
     Writes = flush_buffer_build(WriteList, CheckCRC32, SegmentEntryCount),
     %% Then we do the writes for each segment.
     State = lists:foldl(fun({Segment, LocBytes}, FoldState) ->
-        {ok, Fd} = file:open(segment_file(Segment, FoldState), [read, write, raw, binary]),
+        {ok, Fd} = open_eventually(segment_file(Segment, FoldState), [read, write, raw, binary]),
         case file:position(Fd, eof) of
             {ok, 0} ->
                 %% We write the file header if it does not exist.