diff --git a/xpcom/io/nsLocalFileWin.cpp b/xpcom/io/nsLocalFileWin.cpp
index 0d886cb4cd8..453d89e5d12 100644
--- a/xpcom/io/nsLocalFileWin.cpp
+++ b/xpcom/io/nsLocalFileWin.cpp
@@ -1458,16 +1458,20 @@ nsLocalFile::CopySingleFile(nsIFile *sourceFile, nsIFile *destParent,
         rv = ConvertWinError(GetLastError());
 
 #ifndef WINCE
-    if(move) //Set security permissions to inherit from parent.
+    else if (move) // Set security permissions to inherit from parent.
     {
-        ACL empty_acl;
-        if (InitializeAcl(&empty_acl, (DWORD) sizeof(ACL), ACL_REVISION))
-        {
-        ::SetNamedSecurityInfoW((LPWSTR)destPath.get(), SE_FILE_OBJECT, 
-                                DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION |
-                                UNPROTECTED_DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION, 
-                                NULL, NULL, &empty_acl, NULL);
-        }
+        PACL pOldDACL = NULL;
+        PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR pSD = NULL;
+        ::GetNamedSecurityInfoW((LPWSTR)destPath.get(), SE_FILE_OBJECT,
+                                DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION,
+                                NULL, NULL, &pOldDACL, NULL, &pSD);
+        if (pOldDACL)
+            ::SetNamedSecurityInfoW((LPWSTR)destPath.get(), SE_FILE_OBJECT,
+                                    DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION |
+                                    UNPROTECTED_DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION,
+                                    NULL, NULL, pOldDACL, NULL);
+        if (pSD)
+            LocalFree((HLOCAL)pSD);
     }
 #endif
     return rv;