diff --git a/main/utils.c b/main/utils.c
index 87241f197663b3ca3fee1c7f85e01201f5577425..b4c494e34bee2062ee43cb5d1020647d26ec0d52 100644
--- a/main/utils.c
+++ b/main/utils.c
@@ -1399,7 +1399,13 @@ int ast_carefulwrite(int fd, char *s, int len, int timeoutms)
 
 		if (res < 0 && errno != EAGAIN && errno != EINTR) {
 			/* fatal error from write() */
-			ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "write() returned error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+			if (errno == EPIPE) {
+#ifndef STANDALONE
+				ast_debug(1, "write() failed due to reading end being closed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+#endif
+			} else {
+				ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "write() returned error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+			}
 			return -1;
 		}