1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/util.c b/src/common/util.c
index 17962fc72..47d6aecd8 100644
--- a/src/common/util.c
+++ b/src/common/util.c
@@ -3084,8 +3084,7 @@ finish_daemon(const char *desired_cwd)
     exit(1);
   }
 
-  nullfd = open("/dev/null",
-                O_CREAT | O_RDWR | O_APPEND);
+  nullfd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR | O_APPEND);
   if (nullfd < 0) {
     log_err(LD_GENERAL,"/dev/null can't be opened. Exiting.");
     exit(1);