diff --git a/tcc.c b/tcc.c
index b49a2031..d3739808 100644
--- a/tcc.c
+++ b/tcc.c
@@ -302,8 +302,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                 tcc_error("could not write '%s'", s->outfile);
         }
         s->dffp = s->ppfp;
-        if (s->dflag == 'M')
-            s->ppfp = NULL;
+        if (s->dflag == 'M') {
+#ifndef TCC_TARGET_PE
+            s->ppfp = fopen("/dev/null", "w");
+#else
+            s->ppfp = fopen("nul", "w");
+#endif
+        }
     }
 
     tcc_set_output_type(s, s->output_type);