diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index c614c42229..0a19cc087b 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -757,4 +757,4 @@ D: fix typos in documentation
 
 N: Pablo Baeyens
 W: https://github.com/mx-psi
-I: 1598
+I: 1598, 1974
diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 4058d66011..2eb190c9cf 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ XXXX-XX-XX
   (patch by MaWe2019)
 - 1598_: [Windows] psutil.disk_partitions() only returns mountpoints on drives
   where it first finds one
+- 1974_: [Windows] psutil.disk_io_counters() raises permission error.
 
 5.8.0
 =====
diff --git a/psutil/arch/windows/disk.c b/psutil/arch/windows/disk.c
index 7c35e81243..99dafce835 100644
--- a/psutil/arch/windows/disk.c
+++ b/psutil/arch/windows/disk.c
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ psutil_disk_io_counters(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
                              "ignore PhysicalDrive%i", devNum);
                 goto next;
             }
+            else if (GetLastError() == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED) {
+                // Ignore disks that we are not able to access.
+                psutil_debug("DeviceIoControl -> ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED; "
+                             "ignore PhysicalDrive%i", devNum);
+                goto next;
+            }
             // XXX: it seems we should also catch ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER:
             // https://sites.ualberta.ca/dept/aict/uts/software/openbsd/
             //     ports/4.1/i386/openafs/w-openafs-1.4.14-transarc/