1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/modutils/depmod.c b/modutils/depmod.c
index d128ac0ff..b6a914eb0 100644
--- a/modutils/depmod.c
+++ b/modutils/depmod.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ int depmod_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
         if (!(option_mask32 & ARG_n)) { /* --dry-run */
                 chp = concat_path_file(moddir, CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEPMOD_FILE);
-                filedes = xfopen(chp, "w");
+                filedes = xfopen_for_write(chp);
                 if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)
                         free(chp);
         }