1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index d8c0f263b3e..20419fe394a 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -3536,7 +3536,7 @@ to the file, instead of any buffer contents, and END is ignored.")
     desc = open (fn, O_WRONLY);
 #endif /* not DOS_NT */
 
-  if (desc < 0)
+  if (desc < 0 && (NILP (append) || errno == ENOENT) )
 #ifdef VMS
     if (auto_saving)    /* Overwrite any previous version of autosave file */
       {