diff --git a/pkg/cmd/rev/rev.go b/pkg/cmd/rev/rev.go
index 542c9d72ba..568d7b8046 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/rev/rev.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/rev/rev.go
@@ -189,14 +189,24 @@ func trySaveRevision(ctx context.Context, endpoints []string, outputFile string,
 	}
 
 	tmpPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s.tmp", outputFile)
-	file, err := os.OpenFile(tmpPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(tmpPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC|os.O_SYNC, 0644)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Errorf("error opening file: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
 	defer func() {
-		if err = file.Close(); err != nil {
-			klog.Errorf("error closing file: %v", err)
+		if closeErr := file.Close(); closeErr != nil {
+			klog.Errorf("error closing file: %v", closeErr)
+			return
+		}
+		// Only rename if no error occurred before
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Errorf("could not create temporary revision.json, keeping current version: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		if err = os.Rename(tmpPath, outputFile); err != nil {
+			klog.Errorf("error during rename to destination file: %v", err)
+			return
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -205,11 +215,6 @@ func trySaveRevision(ctx context.Context, endpoints []string, outputFile string,
 		klog.Errorf("error writing result to file: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
-
-	if err = os.Rename(tmpPath, outputFile); err != nil {
-		klog.Errorf("error during rename to destination file: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
 }
 
 func newETCD3Client(ctx context.Context, endpoints []string, tlsInfo transport.TLSInfo) (*clientv3.Client, error) {