diff --git a/pkg/output/output.go b/pkg/output/output.go
index 3c461891f..5c84bed30 100644
--- a/pkg/output/output.go
+++ b/pkg/output/output.go
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func (w *StandardWriter) Write(event *ResultEvent) error {
 			data = decolorizerRegex.ReplaceAll(data, []byte(""))
 		}
 		if _, writeErr := w.outputFile.Write(data); writeErr != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "could not write to output")
+			return errors.Wrap(writeErr, "could not write to output")
 		}
 		if w.AddNewLinesOutputFile && w.json {
 			_, _ = w.outputFile.Write([]byte("\n"))