diff --git a/src/coredump/coredump.c b/src/coredump/coredump.c
index 994d968d871..10a96ab568f 100644
--- a/src/coredump/coredump.c
+++ b/src/coredump/coredump.c
@@ -1271,6 +1271,13 @@ static int process_kernel(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         struct iovec_wrapper *iovw;
         int r;
 
+        /* When we're invoked by the kernel, stdout/stderr are closed which is dangerous because the fds
+         * could get reallocated. To avoid hard to debug issues, let's instead bind stdout/stderr to
+         * /dev/null. */
+        r = rearrange_stdio(STDIN_FILENO, -1, -1);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to connect stdout/stderr to /dev/null: %m");
+
         log_debug("Processing coredump received from the kernel...");
 
         iovw = iovw_new();