diff --git a/src/core/libraries/kernel/file_system.cpp b/src/core/libraries/kernel/file_system.cpp
index 300d24263..6f28c6bad 100644
--- a/src/core/libraries/kernel/file_system.cpp
+++ b/src/core/libraries/kernel/file_system.cpp
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ s32 PS4_SYSV_ABI open(const char* raw_path, s32 flags, u16 mode) {
 
     bool nonblock = (flags & ORBIS_KERNEL_O_NONBLOCK) != 0;
     bool append = (flags & ORBIS_KERNEL_O_APPEND) != 0;
-    bool fsync = (flags & ORBIS_KERNEL_O_FSYNC) != 0;
-    bool sync = (flags & ORBIS_KERNEL_O_SYNC) != 0;
+    // Flags fsync and sync do the same thing
+    bool sync = (flags & ORBIS_KERNEL_O_SYNC) != 0 || (flags & ORBIS_KERNEL_O_FSYNC) != 0;
     bool create = (flags & ORBIS_KERNEL_O_CREAT) != 0;
     bool truncate = (flags & ORBIS_KERNEL_O_TRUNC) != 0;
     bool excl = (flags & ORBIS_KERNEL_O_EXCL) != 0;