diff --git a/changelog/11439.bugfix.rst b/changelog/11439.bugfix.rst
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-Fix for ValueError exception being raised in faulthandler teardown code.
+Handle an edge case where :data:`sys.stderr` might already be closed when :ref:`faulthandler` is tearing down.