diff --git a/audio/pulseaudio/files/patch-src_pulsecore_core-util.c b/audio/pulseaudio/files/patch-src_pulsecore_core-util.c
index 77becf674591..b6736ad539a8 100644
--- a/audio/pulseaudio/files/patch-src_pulsecore_core-util.c
+++ b/audio/pulseaudio/files/patch-src_pulsecore_core-util.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 +        if (except_fds[i] > maxfd)
 +            maxfd = except_fds[i];
 +    maxfd++;
-+    closefrom(maxfd);
++    closefrom(MAX(maxfd, STDERR_FILENO + 1));
 +#else
      if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl) >= 0)
          maxfd = (int) rl.rlim_max;