diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/AtomicFileWriter.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/AtomicFileWriter.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/AtomicFileWriter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/AtomicFileWriter.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public class AtomicFileWriter extends Writer {
             integrityOnClose = false;
         }
 
-        core = new FileChannelWriter(tmpPath, charset, integrityOnFlush, integrityOnClose, StandardOpenOption.WRITE);
+        core = new FileChannelWriter(tmpPath, charset, integrityOnFlush, integrityOnClose, StandardOpenOption.WRITE, StandardOpenOption.CREATE);
     }
 
     @Override
Fix JENKINS-<I>
Add StandardOpenOption.CREATE flag to create FileChannelWriter to avoid full fs flush and 5sec log operation on creating empty file with CephFS as a storage