diff --git a/desktop/scripts/soffice.sh b/desktop/scripts/soffice.sh
index 7727206..0c3ab6d 100755
--- a/desktop/scripts/soffice.sh.in
+++ b/desktop/scripts/soffice.sh.in
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 # valgrind --log-file=valgrind.log does not work well with --trace-children=yes
 if [ -n "$VALGRINDCHECK" ] ; then
     echo "redirecting the standard and the error output to valgrind.log"
-    exec &>valgrind.log
+    exec > valgrind.log 2>&1
 fi
 
 # do not pass the request for command line help to oosplash