diff --git a/src/shared/pager.c b/src/shared/pager.c
index bc2d0372c..d84a7e073 100644
--- src/shared/pager.c
+++ src/shared/pager.c
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ void pager_close(void) {
                 return;
 
         /* Inform pager that we are done */
-        stdout = safe_fclose(stdout);
-        stderr = safe_fclose(stderr);
+        (void) safe_fclose(stdout);
+        (void) safe_fclose(stderr);
 
         (void) kill(pager_pid, SIGCONT);
         (void) wait_for_terminate(pager_pid, NULL);