diff --git a/hyper-v.changes b/hyper-v.changes
index d5faa2d..274c4a7 100644
--- a/hyper-v.changes
+++ b/hyper-v.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul  1 17:32:30 CEST 2014 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- fix file overwriting of hv_fcopy_daemon
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May 26 15:50:21 CEST 2014 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/hyper-v.tools.hv.hv_fcopy_daemon.c b/hyper-v.tools.hv.hv_fcopy_daemon.c
index 22234b6..853e696 100644
--- a/hyper-v.tools.hv.hv_fcopy_daemon.c
+++ b/hyper-v.tools.hv.hv_fcopy_daemon.c
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ static int hv_start_fcopy(struct hv_start_fcopy *smsg)
 		}
 	}
 
-	target_fd = open(target_fname, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, 0744);
+	target_fd = open(target_fname,
+			 O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_CLOEXEC, 0744);
 	if (target_fd == -1) {
 		syslog(LOG_INFO, "Open Failed: %s", strerror(errno));
 		goto done;