diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 722aef2..f5c8d60 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ sysvinit (2.89) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     define INIT_FIFO.
   * Use narrowly scoped file descriptor for handling opened TTY in
     spawn().  Patch from Michał Kulling.
+  * Check exit code from dup() in spawn() and log error if it fail.
+    Patch from Michał Kulling.
 
  -- Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>  Sun Apr 11 11:28:55 CEST 2010
 
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index d6234fb..20c2ecb 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -1111,8 +1111,15 @@ pid_t spawn(CHILD *ch, int *res)
 			if ((ftty = console_open(O_RDWR|O_NOCTTY)) >= 0) {
 				/* Take over controlling tty by force */
 				(void)ioctl(ftty, TIOCSCTTY, 1);
-  				dup(ftty);
-  				dup(ftty);
+
+				if(dup(ftty) < 0){
+				        initlog(L_VB, "cannot duplicate console fd");
+				}
+				
+				if(dup(ftty) < 0){
+				        initlog(L_VB, "cannot duplicate console fd");
+				}
+
 			}
 
 			/*
@@ -1181,8 +1188,15 @@ pid_t spawn(CHILD *ch, int *res)
 					strerror(errno));
 				fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
 			}
-			dup(fd);
-			dup(fd);
+
+			if(dup(fd) < 0) {
+				initlog(L_VB, "cannot duplicate /dev/null fd");
+			}
+			
+			if(dup(fd) < 0) {
+				initlog(L_VB, "cannot duplicate /dev/null fd");
+			}
+
 		}
 
 		/*