diff --git a/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_ftp.cpp b/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_ftp.cpp
index f556cff9119..574ec215968 100644
--- a/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_ftp.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_ftp.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ MavlinkFTP::_process_request(
 		break;
 
 	case kCmdCreateFile:
-		errorCode = _workOpen(payload, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY);
+		errorCode = _workOpen(payload, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY);
 		break;
 
 	case kCmdOpenFileWO: