1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/lineedit.c b/libbb/lineedit.c
index 10265192e..5d139043a 100644
--- a/libbb/lineedit.c
+++ b/libbb/lineedit.c
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ static void save_history(char *str)
 
                 /* write out temp file and replace hist_file atomically */
                 new_name = xasprintf("%s.%u.new", state->hist_file, (int) getpid());
-                fd = open(state->hist_file, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0600);
+                fd = open(new_name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0600);
                 if (fd >= 0) {
                         FILE *fp;
                         int i;
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ static void remember_in_history(char *str)
         /* i <= state->max_history */
         state->cur_history = i;
         state->cnt_history = i;
-# if MAX_HISTORY > 0 && ENABLE_FEATURE_EDITING_SAVEHISTORY
+# if ENABLE_FEATURE_EDITING_SAVEHISTORY
         if ((state->flags & SAVE_HISTORY) && state->hist_file)
                 save_history(str);
 # endif