1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/sort.c b/coreutils/sort.c
index 5c3fa1a71..237ac083c 100644
--- a/coreutils/sort.c
+++ b/coreutils/sort.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ int sort_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_SORT_BIG
         /* Open output file _after_ we read all input ones */
         if (option_mask32 & FLAG_o)
-                xmove_fd(xopen3(str_o, O_WRONLY, 0666), STDOUT_FILENO);
+                xmove_fd(xopen3(str_o, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666), STDOUT_FILENO);
 #endif
         flag = (option_mask32 & FLAG_z) ? '\0' : '\n';
         for (i = 0; i < linecount; i++)