diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc b/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
index 81dba5a94..a7e25cc20 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
@@ -627,23 +627,18 @@ child_info_spawn::worker (const char *prog_arg, const char *const *argv,
 	    }
 	  else if (fh && fh->get_major () == DEV_CONS_MAJOR)
 	    {
-	      fhandler_console *cons = (fhandler_console *) fh;
-	      if (!iscygwin ())
+	      if (!iscygwin () && cons_native == NULL)
 		{
-		  if (cons_native == NULL)
-		    {
-		      cons_native = cons;
-		      cons_ti = &((tty *)cons->tc ())->ti;
-		      cons_owner = cons->get_owner ();
-		    }
+		  fhandler_console *cons = (fhandler_console *) fh;
+		  cons_native = cons;
+		  cons_ti = &((tty *)cons->tc ())->ti;
+		  cons_owner = cons->get_owner ();
 		  tty::cons_mode conmode =
 		    (ctty_pgid && ctty_pgid == myself->pgid) ?
 		    tty::native : tty::restore;
-		  if (fd == 0)
-		    fhandler_console::set_input_mode (conmode,
+		  fhandler_console::set_input_mode (conmode,
 					   cons_ti, cons->get_handle_set ());
-		  else if (fd == 1 || fd == 2)
-		    fhandler_console::set_output_mode (conmode,
+		  fhandler_console::set_output_mode (conmode,
 					   cons_ti, cons->get_handle_set ());
 		}
 	    }