diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/bin/efreet_desktop_cache_create.c b/legacy/efreet/src/bin/efreet_desktop_cache_create.c
index e23ca96801..50221d1194 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/src/bin/efreet_desktop_cache_create.c
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/bin/efreet_desktop_cache_create.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ main()
 
     /* lock process, so that we only run one copy of this program */
     snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/.efreet/lock", efreet_home_dir_get());
-    fd = open(file, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_RDONLY, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+    fd = open(file, O_CREAT | O_RDONLY, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
     if (fd < 0) goto efreet_error;
     if (flock(fd, LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB) < 0) goto efreet_error;