diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1c40dbf4..f01cbbdd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ NEWS
   * Fix EAGAIN handling for freebsd sendfile (fixes #1913, thx AnMaster for spotting the problem)
   * Fix segfault in mod_scgi (fixes #1911)
   * Treat EPIPE as connection-closed error in network_freebsd_sendfile.c (another fix from #1913)
+  * Fix useless redirection of stderr in mod_rrdtool, as it gets redirected to /dev/null later. (fixes #1922)
 
 - 1.4.21 - 2009-02-16
 
diff --git a/src/mod_rrdtool.c b/src/mod_rrdtool.c
index 272fa984..2cb4640b 100644
--- a/src/mod_rrdtool.c
+++ b/src/mod_rrdtool.c
@@ -132,13 +132,6 @@ int mod_rrd_create_pipe(server *srv, plugin_data *p) {
 		/* not needed */
 		close(to_rrdtool_fds[1]);
 
-		close(STDERR_FILENO);
-
-		if (srv->errorlog_mode == ERRORLOG_FILE) {
-			dup2(srv->errorlog_fd, STDERR_FILENO);
-			close(srv->errorlog_fd);
-		}
-
 		/* set up args */
 		argc = 3;
 		args = malloc(sizeof(*args) * argc);
@@ -149,7 +142,7 @@ int mod_rrd_create_pipe(server *srv, plugin_data *p) {
 		args[i++] = NULL;
 
 		openDevNull(STDERR_FILENO);
-	
+
 		/* we don't need the client socket */
 		for (i = 3; i < 256; i++) {
 			close(i);