diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index 9c23459f..dfb2dd65 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -1593,7 +1593,7 @@ int do_writeout(bool exiting)
     currshortcut = writefile_list;
 
     if (exiting && openfile->filename[0] != '\0' && ISSET(TEMP_FILE)) {
-	retval = write_file(openfile->filename, NULL, FALSE, 0,
+	retval = write_file(openfile->filename, NULL, FALSE, OVERWRITE,
 		FALSE);
 
 	/* Write succeeded. */
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index 4cbe965c..66497c7b 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -605,7 +605,8 @@ void die_save_file(const char *die_filename)
 
     retval = get_next_filename(die_filename, ".save");
     if (retval[0] != '\0')
-	failed = (write_file(retval, NULL, TRUE, FALSE, TRUE) == -1);
+	failed = (write_file(retval, NULL, TRUE, OVERWRITE,
+		TRUE) == -1);
 
     if (!failed)
 	fprintf(stderr, _("\nBuffer written to %s\n"), retval);
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index e3ee1079..2758e970 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -2027,10 +2027,10 @@ void do_spell(void)
 
 #ifndef NANO_SMALL
     if (openfile->mark_set)
-	i = write_marked_file(temp, temp_file, TRUE, FALSE);
+	i = write_marked_file(temp, temp_file, TRUE, OVERWRITE);
     else
 #endif
-	i = write_file(temp, temp_file, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE);
+	i = write_file(temp, temp_file, TRUE, OVERWRITE, FALSE);
 
     if (i == -1) {
 	statusbar(_("Error writing temp file: %s"), strerror(errno));