diff --git a/include/haproxy/global.h b/include/haproxy/global.h
index a5730bc4b6ba..ba0523cbf911 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/global.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/global.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ int split_version(const char *version, unsigned int *value);
 int compare_current_version(const char *version);
 void display_version();
 int handle_pidfile(void);
+void stdio_quiet(int fd);
 
 void mworker_accept_wrapper(int fd);
 
diff --git a/src/cli.c b/src/cli.c
index 506e5e45c4d9..429a277dc2aa 100644
--- a/src/cli.c
+++ b/src/cli.c
@@ -2553,6 +2553,18 @@ static int _send_status(char **args, char *payload, struct appctx *appctx, void
 	if (global.tune.options & GTUNE_USE_SYSTEMD)
 		sd_notifyf(0, "READY=1\nMAINPID=%lu\nSTATUS=Ready.\n", (unsigned long)getpid());
 
+	/* master and worker have successfully started, now we can set quiet mode
+	 * if MODE_DAEMON
+	 */
+	if ((!(global.mode & MODE_QUIET) || (global.mode & MODE_VERBOSE)) &&
+		(global.mode & MODE_DAEMON)) {
+		/* detach from the tty, this is required to properly daemonize. */
+		if ((getenv("HAPROXY_MWORKER_REEXEC") == NULL))
+			stdio_quiet(-1);
+		global.mode &= ~MODE_VERBOSE;
+		global.mode |= MODE_QUIET; /* ensure that we won't say anything from now */
+	}
+
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 7b03e9ed8992..0d7f784d2754 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ static void dump(struct sig_handler *sh)
  *  In the case of chrooting, you have to open /dev/null before the chroot, and
  *  pass the <fd> to this function
  */
-static void stdio_quiet(int fd)
+void stdio_quiet(int fd)
 {
 	if (fd < 0)
 		fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR, 0);
@@ -3533,15 +3533,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	/* Master enters in its polling loop */
 	if (master) {
-		/* set quiet mode if MODE_DAEMON */
-		if ((!(global.mode & MODE_QUIET) || (global.mode & MODE_VERBOSE)) &&
-			(global.mode & MODE_DAEMON)) {
-			/* detach from the tty, this is required to properly daemonize. */
-			if ((getenv("HAPROXY_MWORKER_REEXEC") == NULL))
-				stdio_quiet(-1);
-			global.mode &= ~MODE_VERBOSE;
-			global.mode |= MODE_QUIET; /* ensure that we won't say anything from now */
-		}
 		mworker_run_master();
 		/* never get there in master context */
 	}