diff --git a/library/std/src/os/fd/owned.rs b/library/std/src/os/fd/owned.rs
index 010ce4e5076ba..a626415a5d16a 100644
--- a/library/std/src/os/fd/owned.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/os/fd/owned.rs
@@ -176,7 +176,16 @@ impl Drop for OwnedFd {
             // something like EINTR), we might close another valid file descriptor
             // opened after we closed ours.
             #[cfg(not(target_os = "hermit"))]
-            let _ = libc::close(self.fd);
+            {
+                match cvt(libc::close(self.fd)) {
+                    Err(e) if e.raw_os_error() == Some(libc::EBADF) => {
+                        rtabort!(
+                            "IO Safety violation: owned file descriptor already closed (EBADF)"
+                        );
+                    }
+                    _ => {}
+                }
+            }
             #[cfg(target_os = "hermit")]
             let _ = hermit_abi::close(self.fd);
         }