1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/less.c b/miscutils/less.c
index 1e22d333d..530a40a8c 100644
--- a/miscutils/less.c
+++ b/miscutils/less.c
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ static void save_input_to_file(void)
         print_statusline("Log file: ");
         current_line = less_gets(sizeof("Log file: ")-1);
         if (current_line[0]) {
-                fp = fopen(current_line, "w");
+                fp = fopen_for_write(current_line);
                 if (!fp) {
                         msg = "Error opening log file";
                         goto ret;