diff --git a/sdm/libs/core/fb/hw_device.cpp b/sdm/libs/core/fb/hw_device.cpp
index fa79f75..eb0d17b 100644
--- a/sdm/libs/core/fb/hw_device.cpp
+++ b/sdm/libs/core/fb/hw_device.cpp
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@
   const char* xlog_path = "/data/vendor/display/mdp_xlog";
   DLOGD("Dumping debugfs data to %s", xlog_path);
   std::ostringstream  dst;
-  auto file = open(xlog_path, O_CREAT | O_DSYNC | O_RDWR, "w+");
+  auto file = open(xlog_path, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_DSYNC | O_RDWR, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP);
   if (file < 0) {
     DLOGE("Couldn't open file: err:%d (%s)", errno, strerror(errno));
     return kErrorResources;