--- src/dd.c_	2007-01-06 04:39:41.000000000 +0200
+++ src/dd.c	2007-01-06 04:41:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -396,6 +396,11 @@
 void
 usage (int status)
 {
+  /* usage is the only function that uses stdout --- so set close callback here.
+     close_stdout can't be called on normal dd branch because it would report
+     failure because of close (STDOUT_FILENO) */
+  atexit (close_stdout);
+
   if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
     fprintf (stderr, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
 	     program_name);
@@ -1636,9 +1641,6 @@
   bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
   textdomain (PACKAGE);
 
-  /* Arrange to close stdout if parse_long_options exits.  */
-  atexit (close_stdout);
-
   page_size = getpagesize ();
 
   parse_long_options (argc, argv, PROGRAM_NAME, PACKAGE, VERSION,