diff --git a/src/cli.c b/src/cli.c
index dea6c36f1..5a19be559 100644
--- a/src/cli.c
+++ b/src/cli.c
@@ -2659,7 +2659,7 @@ static int _send_status(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appctx, void
 		(global.mode & MODE_DAEMON)) {
 		/* detach from the tty, this is required to properly daemonize. */
 		if ((getenv("HAPROXY_MWORKER_REEXEC") == NULL))
-			stdio_quiet(-1);
+			stdio_quiet(devnullfd);
 		global.mode &= ~MODE_VERBOSE;
 		global.mode |= MODE_QUIET; /* ensure that we won't say anything from now */
 	}
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 28e9c1dea..09fe465e6 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -2496,7 +2496,7 @@ static void step_init_4(void)
 	} else {
 		if ((global.mode & MODE_QUIET) && !(global.mode & MODE_VERBOSE)) {
 			/* detach from the tty */
-			stdio_quiet(-1);
+			stdio_quiet(devnullfd);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2596,7 +2596,7 @@ static void run_master_in_recovery_mode(int argc, char **argv)
 		(global.mode & MODE_DAEMON)) {
 		/* detach from the tty, this is required to properly daemonize. */
 		if ((getenv("HAPROXY_MWORKER_REEXEC") == NULL))
-			stdio_quiet(-1);
+			stdio_quiet(devnullfd);
 		global.mode &= ~MODE_VERBOSE;
 		global.mode |= MODE_QUIET; /* ensure that we won't say anything from now */
 	}
@@ -3551,9 +3551,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		stdio_quiet(devnullfd);
 		global.mode &= ~MODE_VERBOSE;
 		global.mode |= MODE_QUIET; /* ensure that we won't say anything from now */
-		close(devnullfd);
-		devnullfd = -1;
 	}
+	close(devnullfd);
+	devnullfd = -1;
 	pid = getpid(); /* update pid */
 
 	/* This call is expensive, as it creates a new poller, scans and tries