1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/console-tools/openvt.c b/console-tools/openvt.c
index 5f244579c..d9f49bbea 100644
--- a/console-tools/openvt.c
+++ b/console-tools/openvt.c
@@ -64,10 +64,8 @@ int openvt_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 fd = bb_xopen(vtname, O_RDWR);
 
                 /* Reassign stdout and sterr */
-                close(1);
-                close(2);
-                dup(fd);
-                dup(fd);
+                dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
+                dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
 
                 execvp(argv[0], argv);
                 _exit(1);