diff --git a/src/output.rs b/src/output.rs
index 371a37a..d74d5da 100644
--- a/src/output.rs
+++ b/src/output.rs
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ impl<'a> OutputWriter<'a> {
 
     /// Write an IO error to stderr.
     pub fn report_io_error(&self, label: &OsStr, err: &io::Error) {
-        if !self.config.no_messages && !self.config.quiet {
+        if !self.config.no_messages {
             // Strip the trailing " (os error XX)" so the message matches GNU grep.
             let _ = writeln!(
                 io::stderr(),
diff --git a/tests/test_grep.rs b/tests/test_grep.rs
index 9f63e12..a38d570 100644
--- a/tests/test_grep.rs
+++ b/tests/test_grep.rs
@@ -252,14 +252,20 @@ fn quiet_match_overrides_file_error() {
     // With -q, a match makes grep exit 0 even if an earlier file could not be
     // opened. Without -q the missing file still yields exit 2, and -q with no
     // match keeps the error status.
-    // -q exits at the first match without draining stdin, so the harness's
-    // write can lose the race and fail with EPIPE; that error is expected here.
+    // -q still reports a file it cannot read, but files after the first match
+    // are never opened. -qs suppresses the report; the status is still 2.
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    let expected = "grep: no-such-file: No such file or directory\n";
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    let expected = "grep: no-such-file: The system cannot find the file specified.\n";
     let (_s, mut c) = ucmd();
     c.args(&["-q", "abc", "no-such-file", "-"])
+        // -q may exit before the harness finishes writing stdin (EPIPE).
         .ignore_stdin_write_error()
         .pipe_in("abcd\n")
         .succeeds()
-        .no_output();
+        .no_stdout()
+        .stderr_is(expected);
 
     let (_s, mut c) = ucmd();
     c.args(&["abc", "no-such-file", "-"])
@@ -269,7 +275,30 @@ fn quiet_match_overrides_file_error() {
     let (_s, mut c) = ucmd();
     c.args(&["-q", "zzz", "no-such-file", "-"])
         .pipe_in("abcd\n")
-        .fails_with_code(2);
+        .fails_with_code(2)
+        .no_stdout()
+        .stderr_is(expected);
+
+    let (scene, mut c) = ucmd();
+    scene.fixtures.write("hit", "x\n");
+    c.args(&["-q", "x", "hit", "no-such-file"])
+        .succeeds()
+        .no_output();
+
+    let mut c = scene.cmd(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_grep"));
+    c.args(&["-qs", "x", "no-such-file"])
+        .fails_with_code(2)
+        .no_output();
+
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        let (scene, mut c) = ucmd();
+        scene.fixtures.mkdir("dir");
+        c.args(&["-q", "x", "dir"])
+            .fails_with_code(2)
+            .no_stdout()
+            .stderr_is("grep: dir: Is a directory\n");
+    }
 }
 
 #[test]