diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
index bdfe80d2e4..0747ce2a37 100644
--- a/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon.c
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		struct sockaddr *peer = (struct sockaddr *)&ss;
 		socklen_t slen = sizeof(ss);
 
-		fclose(stderr); //FIXME: workaround
+		freopen("/dev/null", "w", stderr);
 
 		if (getpeername(0, peer, &slen))
 			peer = NULL;