diff --git a/maven-api-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/impl/DefaultModelXmlFactory.java b/maven-api-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/impl/DefaultModelXmlFactory.java
index 488fd38ff3b0..40609bb4a2f3 100644
--- a/maven-api-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/impl/DefaultModelXmlFactory.java
+++ b/maven-api-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/impl/DefaultModelXmlFactory.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public void write(XmlWriterRequest<Model> request) throws XmlWriterException {
                 w.write(outputStream, content);
             } else {
                 try (OutputStream os = Files.newOutputStream(path)) {
-                    w.write(outputStream, content);
+                    w.write(os, content);
                 }
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {