diff --git a/libgfortran/ChangeLog b/libgfortran/ChangeLog
index 1c6c4da40fd..309712c012b 100644
--- a/libgfortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/libgfortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-12-17  Andreas Tobler  <andreast@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	* io/unix.c (tempfile_open): Only use the needed flag O_CLOEXEC.
+
 2013-12-16  Jerry DeLisle  <jvdelisle@gcc.gnu>
 
 	PR libfortran/59419
diff --git a/libgfortran/io/unix.c b/libgfortran/io/unix.c
index c2bc28aed15..86f7fd6d732 100644
--- a/libgfortran/io/unix.c
+++ b/libgfortran/io/unix.c
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ tempfile_open (const char *tempdir, char **fname)
 #endif
 
 #if defined(HAVE_MKOSTEMP) && defined(O_CLOEXEC)
-  fd = mkostemp (template, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_CLOEXEC);
+  fd = mkostemp (template, O_CLOEXEC);
 #else
   fd = mkstemp (template);
   set_close_on_exec (fd);