diff --git a/test/src/module/common/errorTest.c b/test/src/module/common/errorTest.c
index e5e25351d..64eb0e95e 100644
--- a/test/src/module/common/errorTest.c
+++ b/test/src/module/common/errorTest.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ testRun(void)
             HRN_FORK_CHILD_BEGIN(.expectedExitStatus = UnhandledError.code)
             {
                 // Redirect stderr to stdout (we do not care about the output here since coverage will tell us we hit the code)
-                stderr = stdout;
+                dup2(fileno(stdout), fileno(stderr));
 
                 THROW(TestChildError, "does not get caught!");
             }