diff --git a/part/buffer/katetextbuffer.cpp b/part/buffer/katetextbuffer.cpp
index 6c0c80f..34e93be 100644
--- a/part/buffer/katetextbuffer.cpp
+++ b/part/buffer/katetextbuffer.cpp
@@ -719,7 +719,10 @@ bool TextBuffer::save (const QString &filename)
    * use KSaveFile for save write + rename
    */
   KSaveFile saveFile (filename);
-  if (!saveFile.open())
+
+  saveFile.setDirectWriteFallback(true);
+
+  if (!saveFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate))
     return false;

   /**
@@ -734,7 +737,7 @@ bool TextBuffer::save (const QString &filename)
    * try to open, if new file
    */
   if (deleteFile) {
-    if (!file->open (QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
+    if (!file->open (QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate)) {
       delete file;
       return false;
     }