diff --git a/programs/fileio.c b/programs/fileio.c
index dc7636949..77f3d35f9 100644
--- a/programs/fileio.c
+++ b/programs/fileio.c
@@ -585,8 +585,6 @@ FIO_openDstFile(FIO_ctx_t* fCtx, FIO_prefs_t* const prefs,
                 const char* srcFileName, const char* dstFileName,
                 const int mode)
 {
-    int isDstRegFile;
-
     if (prefs->testMode) return NULL;  /* do not open file in test mode */
 
     assert(dstFileName != NULL);
@@ -606,16 +604,7 @@ FIO_openDstFile(FIO_ctx_t* fCtx, FIO_prefs_t* const prefs,
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    isDstRegFile = UTIL_isRegularFile(dstFileName);  /* invoke once */
-    if (prefs->sparseFileSupport == 1) {
-        prefs->sparseFileSupport = ZSTD_SPARSE_DEFAULT;
-        if (!isDstRegFile) {
-            prefs->sparseFileSupport = 0;
-            DISPLAYLEVEL(4, "Sparse File Support is disabled when output is not a file \n");
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (isDstRegFile) {
+    if (UTIL_isRegularFile(dstFileName)) {
         /* Check if destination file already exists */
 #if !defined(_WIN32)
         /* this test does not work on Windows :
@@ -641,6 +630,7 @@ FIO_openDstFile(FIO_ctx_t* fCtx, FIO_prefs_t* const prefs,
     }
 
     {
+        int isDstRegFile;
 #if defined(_WIN32)
         /* Windows requires opening the file as a "binary" file to avoid
          * mangling. This macro doesn't exist on unix. */
@@ -658,6 +648,17 @@ FIO_openDstFile(FIO_ctx_t* fCtx, FIO_prefs_t* const prefs,
             f = fdopen(fd, "wb");
         }
 #endif
+
+        /* Check regular file after opening with O_CREAT */
+        isDstRegFile = UTIL_isFdRegularFile(fd);
+        if (prefs->sparseFileSupport == 1) {
+            prefs->sparseFileSupport = ZSTD_SPARSE_DEFAULT;
+            if (!isDstRegFile) {
+                prefs->sparseFileSupport = 0;
+                DISPLAYLEVEL(4, "Sparse File Support is disabled when output is not a file \n");
+            }
+        }
+
         if (f == NULL) {
             if (UTIL_isFileDescriptorPipe(dstFileName)) {
                 DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "zstd: error: no output specified (use -o or -c). \n");
diff --git a/programs/util.c b/programs/util.c
index 94c40cc95..d11f13cfd 100644
--- a/programs/util.c
+++ b/programs/util.c
@@ -197,6 +197,16 @@ int UTIL_stat(const char* filename, stat_t* statbuf)
     return UTIL_fstat(-1, filename, statbuf);
 }
 
+int UTIL_isFdRegularFile(int fd)
+{
+    stat_t statbuf;
+    int ret;
+    UTIL_TRACE_CALL("UTIL_isFdRegularFile(%d)", fd);
+    ret = fd >= 0 && UTIL_fstat(fd, "", &statbuf) && UTIL_isRegularFileStat(&statbuf);
+    UTIL_TRACE_RET(ret);
+    return ret;
+}
+
 int UTIL_isRegularFile(const char* infilename)
 {
     stat_t statbuf;
diff --git a/programs/util.h b/programs/util.h
index 427bcf441..65e12633a 100644
--- a/programs/util.h
+++ b/programs/util.h
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ int UTIL_fchmod(const int fd, char const* filename, const stat_t* statbuf, mode_
  * compute the needed information.
  */
 
+int UTIL_isFdRegularFile(int fd);
 int UTIL_isRegularFile(const char* infilename);
 int UTIL_isDirectory(const char* infilename);
 int UTIL_isSameFile(const char* file1, const char* file2);
diff --git a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-dir-without-write-perm.sh.stderr.exact b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-dir-without-write-perm.sh.stderr.exact
index 9f254f8c2..05d91ffc9 100644
--- a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-dir-without-write-perm.sh.stderr.exact
+++ b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-dir-without-write-perm.sh.stderr.exact
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(out/file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, out/file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
+Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isFdRegularFile(-1)
+Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isFileDescriptorPipe(out/file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 zstd: out/file.zst: Permission denied
diff --git a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.exact b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.glob
similarity index 91%
rename from tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
rename to tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.glob
index 32d248ee5..17a677deb 100644
--- a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
+++ b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.glob
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
+Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isFdRegularFile(*)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(*, )
+Trace:FileStat:  < 1
+Trace:FileStat: < 1
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
diff --git a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.exact b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.glob
similarity index 86%
rename from tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
rename to tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.glob
index 9183c4674..38732cbe9 100644
--- a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
+++ b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.glob
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
+Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isFdRegularFile(*)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(*, )
+Trace:FileStat:  < 1
+Trace:FileStat: < 1
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
diff --git a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.exact b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.glob
similarity index 90%
rename from tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
rename to tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.glob
index ad3a0deb8..ce194dfb3 100644
--- a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
+++ b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.glob
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(file)
 Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
+Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isFdRegularFile(*)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(*, )
+Trace:FileStat:  < 1
+Trace:FileStat: < 1
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(file)
 Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
diff --git a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.exact b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.glob
similarity index 84%
rename from tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
rename to tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.glob
index 716a7ac7b..9eb920883 100644
--- a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
+++ b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.glob
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(file)
 Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
+Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isFdRegularFile(*)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(*, )
+Trace:FileStat:  < 1
+Trace:FileStat: < 1
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(file)
 Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1