diff --git a/frontends/sdl/src/main.rs b/frontends/sdl/src/main.rs
index 8c9acdf2..71fbe702 100644
--- a/frontends/sdl/src/main.rs
+++ b/frontends/sdl/src/main.rs
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ impl Emulator {
             // into a *.sav file in the file system
             if counter % store_count == 0 && self.system.rom().has_battery() {
                 let ram_data = self.system.rom().ram_data();
-                write_file(&self.ram_path, ram_data).unwrap();
+                write_file(&self.ram_path, ram_data, None).unwrap();
             }
 
             // obtains an event from the SDL sub-system to be
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index ac82676f..9ff1883a 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -32,13 +32,15 @@ pub fn read_file(path: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
 }
 
 /// Writes the given data to the file at the given path.
-pub fn write_file(path: &str, data: &[u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
+pub fn write_file(path: &str, data: &[u8], flush: Option<bool>) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let mut file = File::create(path)
         .map_err(|_| Error::CustomError(format!("Failed to create file: {}", path)))?;
     file.write_all(data)
         .map_err(|_| Error::CustomError(format!("Failed to write to file: {}", path)))?;
-    file.flush()
-        .map_err(|_| Error::CustomError(format!("Failed to flush file: {}", path)))?;
+    if flush.unwrap_or(true) {
+        file.flush()
+            .map_err(|_| Error::CustomError(format!("Failed to flush file: {}", path)))?;
+    }
     Ok(())
 }