diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c b/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c
index deeb8d3f35b..71456614a55 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c
@@ -594,8 +594,11 @@ SysLogger_Start(void)
 							 errmsg("could not redirect stderr: %m")));
 				close(fd);
 				_setmode(_fileno(stderr), _O_BINARY);
-				/* Now we are done with the write end of the pipe. */
-				CloseHandle(syslogPipe[1]);
+				/*
+				 * Now we are done with the write end of the pipe.
+				 * CloseHandle() must not be called because the preceding
+				 * close() closes the underlying handle.
+				*/
 				syslogPipe[1] = 0;
 #endif
 				redirection_done = true;