1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c b/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
index 2d497d754..26e1776a4 100644
--- a/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
+++ b/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
@@ -268,12 +268,6 @@ void FAST_FUNC bb_daemonize_or_rexec(int flags, char **argv)
         if (flags & DAEMON_CHDIR_ROOT)
                 xchdir("/");
 
-        if (flags & DAEMON_DEVNULL_STDIO) {
-                close(0);
-                close(1);
-                close(2);
-        }
-
         fd = open(bb_dev_null, O_RDWR);
         if (fd < 0) {
                 /* NB: we can be called as bb_sanitize_stdio() from init
@@ -283,8 +277,15 @@ void FAST_FUNC bb_daemonize_or_rexec(int flags, char **argv)
                 fd = xopen("/", O_RDONLY); /* don't believe this can fail */
         }
 
-        while ((unsigned)fd < 2)
-                fd = dup(fd); /* have 0,1,2 open at least to /dev/null */
+        if (flags & DAEMON_DEVNULL_STDIO) {
+                xdup2(fd, 0);
+                xdup2(fd, 1);
+                xdup2(fd, 2);
+        } else {
+                /* have 0,1,2 open at least to /dev/null */
+                while ((unsigned)fd < 2)
+                        fd = dup(fd);
+        }
 
         if (!(flags & DAEMON_ONLY_SANITIZE)) {