1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/dd.c b/coreutils/dd.c
index 01702a580..01f37abeb 100644
--- a/coreutils/dd.c
+++ b/coreutils/dd.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ int dd_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 if (!seek && (flags & trunc_flag))
                         oflag |= O_TRUNC;
 
-                ofd = xopen3(outfile, oflag, 0666);
+                ofd = xopen(outfile, oflag);
 
                 if (seek && (flags & trunc_flag)) {
                         if (ftruncate(ofd, seek * obs) < 0) {