--- rxvt-unicode/src/init.C	2011/12/22 10:38:09	1.310
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/init.C	2011/12/22 14:34:59	1.311
@@ -1720,8 +1720,10 @@
 
       fd = open (CONSOLE, O_WRONLY, 0);
       if (fd >= 0)
-        if (ioctl (fd, SRIOCSREDIR, NULL) < 0)
+        {
+          ioctl (fd, SRIOCSREDIR, NULL);
           close (fd);
+        }
 #endif /* SRIOCSREDIR */
     }