diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 0de9d7a9f0b37..3cb8e41f94e51 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -5871,12 +5871,14 @@ int mysqld_main(int argc, char **argv)
                          mysqld_port,
                          MYSQL_COMPILATION_COMMENT);
 
+#ifndef _WIN32
   // try to keep fd=0 busy
-  if (!freopen(IF_WIN("NUL","/dev/null"), "r", stdin))
+  if (!freopen("/dev/null", "r", stdin))
   {
     // fall back on failure
     fclose(stdin);
   }
+#endif
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(EMBEDDED_LIBRARY)
   Service.SetRunning();