diff --git a/PVE/VZDump/QemuServer.pm b/PVE/VZDump/QemuServer.pm
index f122539f..3a990cfb 100644
--- a/PVE/VZDump/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/PVE/VZDump/QemuServer.pm
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ sub archive_vma {
 	$self->loginfo(join(' ', @$cmd));
 
 	if ($opts->{stdout}) {
-	    $self->cmd($cmd, output => ">&=" . fileno($opts->{stdout}));
+	    $self->cmd($cmd, output => ">&" . fileno($opts->{stdout}));
 	} else {
 	    $self->cmd($cmd);
 	}