diff --git a/mercurial/pure/osutil.py b/mercurial/pure/osutil.py
--- a/mercurial/pure/osutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/pure/osutil.py
@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ else:
             return self._file.__setattr__(name, value)
 
         def __enter__(self):
-            return self._file.__enter__()
+            self._file.__enter__()
+            return self
 
         def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, exc_tb):
             return self._file.__exit__(exc_type, exc_value, exc_tb)