1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/sort.c b/coreutils/sort.c
index ac8fc9b2e..fad6d1244 100644
--- a/coreutils/sort.c
+++ b/coreutils/sort.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ int sort_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                         "k::"; /* -k takes list */
         getopt32(argv, OPT_STR, &str_ignored, &str_ignored, &str_o, &lst_k, &str_t);
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_SORT_BIG
-        if (option_mask32 & FLAG_o) outfile = xfopen(str_o, "w");
+        if (option_mask32 & FLAG_o) outfile = xfopen_for_write(str_o);
         if (option_mask32 & FLAG_t) {
                 if (!str_t[0] || str_t[1])
                         bb_error_msg_and_die("bad -t parameter");