diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b049482..f0613df 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ const cpFileAsync = async (source, destination, options, progressEmitter) => {
 		progressEmitter.written = progressEmitter.size;
 		updateStats = true;
 	} catch (error) {
-		if (options.overwrite || error.code !== 'EEXIST') {
-			throw new CpFileError(`Cannot write to \`${destination}\`: ${error.message}`, error);
-		}
+		throw new CpFileError(`Cannot write to \`${destination}\`: ${error.message}`, error);
 	}
 
 	if (readError) {
diff --git a/test/async.js b/test/async.js
index b8064e3..2c87715 100644
--- a/test/async.js
+++ b/test/async.js
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import del from 'del';
 import test from 'ava';
 import uuid from 'uuid';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
-import cpFile from '..';
 import assertDateEqual from './helpers/_assert';
-import {buildEACCES, buildEIO, buildENOSPC, buildENOENT, buildEPERM} from './helpers/_fs-errors';
+import {buildEACCES, buildEIO, buildENOSPC, buildENOENT, buildEPERM, buildERRSTREAMWRITEAFTEREND} from './helpers/_fs-errors';
+import cpFile from '..';
 
 const THREE_HUNDRED_KILO = (100 * 3 * 1024) + 1;
 
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ test('overwrite when options are undefined', async t => {
 
 test('do not overwrite when disabled', async t => {
 	fs.writeFileSync(t.context.destination, '');
-	await cpFile('license', t.context.destination, {overwrite: false});
-	t.is(fs.readFileSync(t.context.destination, 'utf8'), '');
+	const error = await t.throwsAsync(cpFile('license', t.context.destination, {overwrite: false}));
+	t.is(error.name, 'CpFileError', error.message);
+	t.is(error.code, 'EEXIST', error.message);
 });
 
 test('do not create `destination` on unreadable `source`', async t => {
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ test.serial('rethrow read after open errors', async t => {
 	const {createWriteStream, createReadStream} = fs;
 	let calledWriteEnd = 0;
 	let readStream;
-	const readError = buildEIO();
+	const readError = process.release.lts === 'Erbium' || parseInt(process.versions.node.slice(0, 2), 10) > 12 ? buildERRSTREAMWRITEAFTEREND() : buildEIO();
 
 	fs.createWriteStream = (...args) => {
 		const stream = createWriteStream(...args);
@@ -275,8 +276,8 @@ test.serial('rethrow read after open errors', async t => {
 	const uncached = importFresh('..');
 	const error = await t.throwsAsync(uncached('license', t.context.destination));
 	t.is(error.name, 'CpFileError', error.message);
-	t.is(error.errno, readError.errno, error.message);
 	t.is(error.code, readError.code, error.message);
+	t.is(error.errno, readError.errno, error.message);
 	t.is(calledWriteEnd, 1);
 
 	Object.assign(fs, {createWriteStream, createReadStream});
diff --git a/test/helpers/_fs-errors.js b/test/helpers/_fs-errors.js
index 9636b11..a9f80a0 100644
--- a/test/helpers/_fs-errors.js
+++ b/test/helpers/_fs-errors.js
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ exports.buildEIO = () => Object.assign(new Error('EIO: i/o error, read errno: -5
 	code: 'EIO'
 });
 
+exports.buildERRSTREAMWRITEAFTEREND = () => Object.assign(new Error('ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END'), {
+	code: 'ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END'
+});
+
 exports.buildEBADF = () => Object.assign(new Error('EBADF: bad file descriptor'), {
 	errno: -9,
 	code: 'EBADF'
diff --git a/test/sync.js b/test/sync.js
index 21c02a6..83048af 100644
--- a/test/sync.js
+++ b/test/sync.js
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import del from 'del';
 import test from 'ava';
 import uuid from 'uuid';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
-import cpFile from '..';
 import assertDateEqual from './helpers/_assert';
 import {buildEACCES, buildENOSPC, buildEBADF, buildEPERM} from './helpers/_fs-errors';
+import cpFile from '..';
 
 const THREE_HUNDRED_KILO = (100 * 3 * 1024) + 1;