diff --git a/guest/microdroid_manager/src/main.rs b/guest/microdroid_manager/src/main.rs
index 8186e9d..f1d21d2 100644
--- a/guest/microdroid_manager/src/main.rs
+++ b/guest/microdroid_manager/src/main.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::fs::{self, create_dir, File, OpenOptions};
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
-use std::os::unix::io::{FromRawFd, OwnedFd};
+use std::os::unix::io::OwnedFd;
 use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
 use std::os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    // SAFETY: This is very early in the process. Nobody has taken ownership of the inherited FDs
+    // yet.
+    unsafe { rustutils::inherited_fd::init_once()? };
+
     // If debuggable, print full backtrace to console log with stdio_to_kmsg
     if is_debuggable()? {
         env::set_var("RUST_BACKTRACE", "full");
@@ -199,13 +203,7 @@
     );
     info!("started.");
 
-    // SAFETY: This is the only place we take the ownership of the fd of the vm payload service.
-    //
-    // To ensure that the CLOEXEC flag is set on the file descriptor as early as possible,
-    // it is necessary to fetch the socket corresponding to vm_payload_service at the
-    // very beginning, as android_get_control_socket() sets the CLOEXEC flag on the file
-    // descriptor.
-    let vm_payload_service_fd = unsafe { prepare_vm_payload_service_socket()? };
+    let vm_payload_service_fd = android_get_control_socket(VM_PAYLOAD_SERVICE_SOCKET_NAME)?;
 
     load_crashkernel_if_supported().context("Failed to load crashkernel")?;
 
@@ -486,25 +484,6 @@
         .context("Could not connect to IVirtualMachineService")
 }
 
-/// Prepares a socket file descriptor for the vm payload service.
-///
-/// # Safety
-///
-/// The caller must ensure that this function is the only place that claims ownership
-/// of the file descriptor and it is called only once.
-unsafe fn prepare_vm_payload_service_socket() -> Result<OwnedFd> {
-    let raw_fd = android_get_control_socket(VM_PAYLOAD_SERVICE_SOCKET_NAME)?;
-
-    // Creating OwnedFd for stdio FDs is not safe.
-    if [libc::STDIN_FILENO, libc::STDOUT_FILENO, libc::STDERR_FILENO].contains(&raw_fd) {
-        bail!("File descriptor {raw_fd} is standard I/O descriptor");
-    }
-    // SAFETY: Initializing OwnedFd for a RawFd created by the init.
-    // We checked that the integer value corresponds to a valid FD and that the caller
-    // ensures that this is the only place to claim its ownership.
-    Ok(unsafe { OwnedFd::from_raw_fd(raw_fd) })
-}
-
 fn is_strict_boot() -> bool {
     Path::new(AVF_STRICT_BOOT).exists()
 }