diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c b/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c
index 34c7acf..dca5428 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c
@@ -231,6 +231,17 @@ SysLoggerMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
 
 	/*
+	 * Close the shared memory handle as the syslogger doesn't need to
+	 * attach to it.  For EXEC_BACKEND case, the shared memory handle
+	 * is inherited by all postmaster child processes irrespective of
+	 * whether they need it or not.
+	 */
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+	if (!CloseHandle(UsedShmemSegID))
+		elog(LOG, "could not close handle to shared memory: error code %lu", GetLastError());
+#endif
+
+	/*
 	 * Properly accept or ignore signals the postmaster might send us
 	 *
 	 * Note: we ignore all termination signals, and instead exit only when all