diff --git a/renderdoc/android/android_tools.cpp b/renderdoc/android/android_tools.cpp
index bbf3703f2..2275c5c4a 100644
--- a/renderdoc/android/android_tools.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/android/android_tools.cpp
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ void initAdb()
   Process::ProcessResult res = {};
   Process::LaunchProcess(adb.c_str(), workdir.c_str(), "start-server", true, &res);
 
-  if(res.strStdout.find("daemon") != std::string::npos)
+  if(res.strStdout.find("daemon") != std::string::npos ||
+     res.strStderror.find("daemon") != std::string::npos)
   {
     RDCLOG("Started adb server");
   }
diff --git a/renderdoc/os/posix/posix_process.cpp b/renderdoc/os/posix/posix_process.cpp
index 1bc55cefc..1dba6409a 100644
--- a/renderdoc/os/posix/posix_process.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/os/posix/posix_process.cpp
@@ -579,9 +579,13 @@ static pid_t RunProcess(const char *app, const char *workingDir, const char *cmd
         dup2(stdoutPipe[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
         dup2(stderrPipe[1], STDERR_FILENO);
 
-        // Close read ends, as the child will write.
+        // now close all pipe handles - we don't need the read ends, and the write ends have been
+        // duplicated into stdout/stderr above - we don't want these handles to be inherited into
+        // child processes.
         close(stdoutPipe[0]);
         close(stderrPipe[0]);
+        close(stdoutPipe[1]);
+        close(stderrPipe[1]);
       }
 
       chdir(workDir.c_str());