diff --git a/libtransmission/file-posix.cc b/libtransmission/file-posix.cc
index 3dbdc677c..88b2d153c 100644
--- a/libtransmission/file-posix.cc
+++ b/libtransmission/file-posix.cc
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ bool tr_sys_file_flush(tr_sys_file_t handle, tr_error** error)
 {
     TR_ASSERT(handle != TR_BAD_SYS_FILE);
 
-    bool const ret = fsync(handle) != -1;
+    bool const ret = (isatty(handle) ? true : (fsync(handle) != -1));
 
     if (!ret)
     {