diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c2ddc9d27576c..05088cfb1564f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ be deprecated eventually.
 - [#2684](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2684): Fix ipmi_sensor config is shared between all plugin instances
 - [#2450](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2450): Network statistics not collected when system has alias interfaces
 - [#1911](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1911): Sysstat plugin needs LANG=C or similar locale
+- [#2528](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2528): File output closes standard streams on reload.
 
 ## v1.2.1 [2017-02-01]
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/file/file.go b/plugins/outputs/file/file.go
index e05d0fe83be17..41605213e98f6 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/file/file.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/file/file.go
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ func (f *File) Connect() error {
 	for _, file := range f.Files {
 		if file == "stdout" {
 			writers = append(writers, os.Stdout)
-			f.closers = append(f.closers, os.Stdout)
 		} else {
 			var of *os.File
 			var err error