diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 276cfa4cb44d603796934cc37148ccb5cab4a270..e18aad91833f0702e12c0018998f635bcc32df91 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 2009-11-14 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
 	* move.c (do_first_line, do_last_line): Just set edit_refresh_needed rather than 
 	  get messy.
+	* files.c (do_writeout) - Only mention file modification if we're writing the same
+	  file we originally opened.
 
 2009-11-13 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
 	* winio.c: Add new static maxsize to be able to easier calculation with
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index bfa2ca34e75357d5ec13a8063b53bcd0d9918694..7484e9cb145af8befc533cc2605e6977b334ccb5 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -2118,7 +2118,7 @@ bool do_writeout(bool exiting)
 		    }
 		}
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
-		if (openfile->current_stat && openfile->current_stat->st_mtime < st.st_mtime) {
+		if (name_exists && openfile->current_stat && openfile->current_stat->st_mtime < st.st_mtime) {
 		    i = do_yesno_prompt(FALSE,
 			_("File was modified since you opened it, continue saving ? "));
 		    if (i == 0 || i == -1)