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diff --git a/src/src/readconf.c b/src/src/readconf.c
index 080305834..0b78958e4 100644
--- a/src/src/readconf.c
+++ b/src/src/readconf.c
@@ -2874,10 +2874,10 @@ else
       "configuration file %s", filename));
   }
 
-/* Check the status of the file we have opened, unless it was specified on
-the command line, in which case privilege was given away at the start. */
+/* Check the status of the file we have opened, if we have retained root
+privileges and the file isn't /dev/null (which *should* be 0666). */
 
-if (!config_changed)
+if (trusted_config && Ustrcmp(filename, US"/dev/null"))
   {
   if (fstat(fileno(config_file), &statbuf) != 0)
     log_write(0, LOG_MAIN|LOG_PANIC_DIE, "failed to stat configuration file %s",