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-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.cc1
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diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 32244b2185b6..aa9d99ec3353 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ pid_t startProcess(std::function<void()> fun, const string & errorPrefix)
     if (pid == -1) throw SysError("unable to fork");
 
     if (pid == 0) {
+        _writeToStderr = defaultWriteToStderr;
         try {
             restoreAffinity();
             fun();