diff --git a/src/tools/rados/rados.cc b/src/tools/rados/rados.cc
index 42103648b6b..118359be582 100644
--- a/src/tools/rados/rados.cc
+++ b/src/tools/rados/rados.cc
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ static int do_put(IoCtx& io_ctx,
   }
   ret = 0;
  out:
-  if (fd != STDOUT_FILENO)
+  if (fd != STDIN_FILENO)
     VOID_TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(close(fd));
   return ret;
 }
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ static int do_append(IoCtx& io_ctx,
   }
   ret = 0;
 out:
-  if (fd != STDOUT_FILENO)
+  if (fd != STDIN_FILENO)
     VOID_TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(close(fd));
   return ret;
 }