diff --git a/pkg/sentry/state/stateio/BUILD b/pkg/sentry/state/stateio/BUILD
index f444827ffa..9747758492 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/state/stateio/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/sentry/state/stateio/BUILD
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//pkg/abi/linux",
         "//pkg/aio",
+        "//pkg/atomicbitops",
         "//pkg/hostarch",
         "//pkg/log",
         "//pkg/memutil",
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ go_test(
     srcs = [
         "bufreader_test.go",
         "bufwriter_test.go",
+        "fdwriter_test.go",
         "ioreader_test.go",
         "iowriter_test.go",
     ],
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/state/stateio/fdwriter.go b/pkg/sentry/state/stateio/fdwriter.go
index eec33510ac..c6fa0db055 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/state/stateio/fdwriter.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/state/stateio/fdwriter.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/abi/linux"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/aio"
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/atomicbitops"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/log"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/hostfd"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sentry/memmap"
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ import (
 type FDWriter struct {
 	NoRegisterClientFD
 
-	// fd is the file descriptor. fd is immutable.
-	fd int32
+	// fd is the file descriptor.
+	fd atomicbitops.Int32
 
 	// maxWriteBytes and maxRanges are AsyncWriter parameters. Both are
 	// immutable.
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ func NewFDWriter(fd int32, maxWriteBytes uint64, maxRanges, maxParallel int) *FD
 	}
 
 	return &FDWriter{
-		fd:            fd,
+		fd:            atomicbitops.FromInt32(fd),
 		maxWriteBytes: uint32(min(maxWriteBytes, uint64(linux.MAX_RW_COUNT))),
 		maxRanges:     uint32(min(maxRanges, hostfd.MaxReadWriteIov)),
 		preextend:     preextend,
@@ -138,8 +139,12 @@ func NewFDWriter(fd int32, maxWriteBytes uint64, maxRanges, maxParallel int) *FD
 
 // Close implements AsyncWriter.Close.
 func (w *FDWriter) Close() error {
+	fd := w.fd.Swap(-1)
+	if fd == -1 {
+		return nil
+	}
 	w.q.Destroy()
-	return unix.Close(int(w.fd))
+	return unix.Close(int(fd))
 }
 
 // MaxWriteBytes implements AsyncWriter.MaxWriteBytes.
@@ -159,7 +164,7 @@ func (w *FDWriter) MaxParallel() int {
 
 // AddWrite implements AsyncWriter.AddWrite.
 func (w *FDWriter) AddWrite(id int, _ SourceFile, _ memmap.FileRange, srcMap []byte) {
-	aio.Write(w.q, uint64(id), w.fd, w.off, srcMap)
+	aio.Write(w.q, uint64(id), w.fd.Load(), w.off, srcMap)
 	w.inflight[id] = fdWrite{
 		off:   w.off,
 		total: uint64(len(srcMap)),
@@ -170,7 +175,7 @@ func (w *FDWriter) AddWrite(id int, _ SourceFile, _ memmap.FileRange, srcMap []b
 
 // AddWritev implements AsyncWriter.AddWritev.
 func (w *FDWriter) AddWritev(id int, total uint64, _ SourceFile, _ []memmap.FileRange, srcMaps []unix.Iovec) {
-	aio.Writev(w.q, uint64(id), w.fd, w.off, srcMaps)
+	aio.Writev(w.q, uint64(id), w.fd.Load(), w.off, srcMaps)
 	w.inflight[id] = fdWrite{
 		off:   w.off,
 		total: total,
@@ -186,10 +191,10 @@ func (w *FDWriter) Wait(cs []Completion, minCompletions int) ([]Completion, erro
 	if w.preextend && w.fileSize < w.off {
 		newSize := max(w.off, w.reserved)
 		w.reserved = 0
-		if err := unix.Ftruncate(int(w.fd), newSize); err != nil {
+		if err := unix.Ftruncate(int(w.fd.Load()), newSize); err != nil {
 			// This can occur if e.g. the file is FUSE-backed, and the FUSE
 			// server doesn't support file extension.
-			log.Infof("stateio.FDWriter: ftruncate(%d, %d) failed: %v", w.fd, newSize, err)
+			log.Infof("stateio.FDWriter: ftruncate(%d, %d) failed: %v", w.fd.Load(), newSize, err)
 			w.preextend = false
 			// Update w.fileSize assuming that all writes complete
 			// successfully, as below.
@@ -240,9 +245,9 @@ retry:
 				inflight.done = done
 				inflight.src = inflight.src.DropFirst(n)
 				if inflight.src.Mapping != nil {
-					aio.Write(w.q, aioC.ID, w.fd, inflight.off, inflight.src.Mapping)
+					aio.Write(w.q, aioC.ID, w.fd.Load(), inflight.off, inflight.src.Mapping)
 				} else {
-					aio.Writev(w.q, aioC.ID, w.fd, inflight.off, inflight.src.Iovecs)
+					aio.Writev(w.q, aioC.ID, w.fd.Load(), inflight.off, inflight.src.Iovecs)
 				}
 				// w.q may be an aio.LinuxQueue, in which case we need to call
 				// w.q.Wait() again to submit this write.
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/state/stateio/fdwriter_test.go b/pkg/sentry/state/stateio/fdwriter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c65aef7edd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/sentry/state/stateio/fdwriter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The gVisor Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package stateio
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+func TestFDWriterDoubleClose(t *testing.T) {
+	var fds [2]int
+	if err := unix.Pipe(fds[:]); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Pipe failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	readFD := fds[0]
+	writeFD := fds[1]
+
+	defer unix.Close(readFD)
+
+	// NewFDWriter takes ownership of writeFD.
+	w := NewFDWriter(int32(writeFD), 4096, 1, 1)
+
+	// First close should succeed.
+	if err := w.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("First Close() failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Second close should also succeed (idempotent) and not return EBADF.
+	if err := w.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Second Close() failed: %v", err)
+	}
+}