diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 39f7e80..37363ad 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -6277,7 +6277,7 @@ int mysqld_main(int argc, char **argv)
                          (char*) "" : mysqld_unix_port),
                          mysqld_port,
                          MYSQL_COMPILATION_COMMENT);
-  fclose(stdin);
+  freopen("/dev/null", "r", stdin);
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(EMBEDDED_LIBRARY)
   Service.SetRunning();
 #endif