diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/filesystem/filesystem.php b/phpBB/phpbb/filesystem/filesystem.php
index 7f44d5f1de..3749d12b48 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/filesystem/filesystem.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/filesystem/filesystem.php
@@ -613,11 +613,8 @@ class filesystem implements filesystem_interface
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				$handle = @fopen($file, 'c');
-
-				if (is_resource($handle))
+				if (is_writable($file))
 				{
-					fclose($handle);
 					return true;
 				}
 			}