diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index e5c154893..169808df0 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -570,23 +570,6 @@ static void InitAborter(const char* abort_message) {
     RebootSystem(ANDROID_RB_RESTART2, "bootloader");
 }
 
-static void InitKernelLogging(char* argv[]) {
-    // Make stdin/stdout/stderr all point to /dev/null.
-    int fd = open("/sys/fs/selinux/null", O_RDWR);
-    if (fd == -1) {
-        int saved_errno = errno;
-        android::base::InitLogging(argv, &android::base::KernelLogger, InitAborter);
-        errno = saved_errno;
-        PLOG(FATAL) << "Couldn't open /sys/fs/selinux/null";
-    }
-    dup2(fd, 0);
-    dup2(fd, 1);
-    dup2(fd, 2);
-    if (fd > 2) close(fd);
-
-    android::base::InitLogging(argv, &android::base::KernelLogger, InitAborter);
-}
-
 static void GlobalSeccomp() {
     import_kernel_cmdline(false, [](const std::string& key, const std::string& value,
                                     bool in_qemu) {
@@ -643,7 +626,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         SetupSelinux(argv);
     }
 
-    InitKernelLogging(argv);
+    // We need to set up stdin/stdout/stderr again now that we're running in init's context.
+    InitKernelLogging(argv, InitAborter);
     LOG(INFO) << "init second stage started!";
 
     // Enable seccomp if global boot option was passed (otherwise it is enabled in zygote).
diff --git a/init/init_first_stage.cpp b/init/init_first_stage.cpp
index 0c4a11093..fa5e658f3 100644
--- a/init/init_first_stage.cpp
+++ b/init/init_first_stage.cpp
@@ -99,9 +99,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     // Now that tmpfs is mounted on /dev and we have /dev/kmsg, we can actually
     // talk to the outside world...
-    android::base::InitLogging(argv, &android::base::KernelLogger, [](const char*) {
-        RebootSystem(ANDROID_RB_RESTART2, "bootloader");
-    });
+    // We need to set up stdin/stdout/stderr for child processes forked from first
+    // stage init as part of the mount process.  This closes /dev/console if the
+    // kernel had previously opened it.
+    auto reboot_bootloader = [](const char*) { RebootSystem(ANDROID_RB_RESTART2, "bootloader"); };
+    InitKernelLogging(argv, reboot_bootloader);
 
     if (!errors.empty()) {
         for (const auto& [error_string, error_errno] : errors) {
diff --git a/init/util.cpp b/init/util.cpp
index 105ac87fc..378114120 100644
--- a/init/util.cpp
+++ b/init/util.cpp
@@ -436,5 +436,21 @@ bool IsLegalPropertyName(const std::string& name) {
     return true;
 }
 
+void InitKernelLogging(char** argv, std::function<void(const char*)> abort_function) {
+    // Make stdin/stdout/stderr all point to /dev/null.
+    int fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        int saved_errno = errno;
+        android::base::InitLogging(argv, &android::base::KernelLogger, std::move(abort_function));
+        errno = saved_errno;
+        PLOG(FATAL) << "Couldn't open /dev/null";
+    }
+    dup2(fd, 0);
+    dup2(fd, 1);
+    dup2(fd, 2);
+    if (fd > 2) close(fd);
+    android::base::InitLogging(argv, &android::base::KernelLogger, std::move(abort_function));
+}
+
 }  // namespace init
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/init/util.h b/init/util.h
index 07e4864ac..53f45473a 100644
--- a/init/util.h
+++ b/init/util.h
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ bool is_android_dt_value_expected(const std::string& sub_path, const std::string
 
 bool IsLegalPropertyName(const std::string& name);
 
+void InitKernelLogging(char** argv, std::function<void(const char*)> abort_function);
+
 }  // namespace init
 }  // namespace android