diff --git a/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverProcessStartedEventArgs.cs b/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverProcessStartedEventArgs.cs
index ec91d7caad19a..094003b3959c4 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverProcessStartedEventArgs.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverProcessStartedEventArgs.cs
@@ -39,8 +39,15 @@ public class DriverProcessStartedEventArgs : EventArgs
         public DriverProcessStartedEventArgs(Process driverProcess)
         {
             this.processId = driverProcess.Id;
-            this.standardOutputStreamReader = driverProcess.StandardOutput;
-            this.standardErrorStreamReader = driverProcess.StandardError;
+            if (driverProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput && !driverProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute)
+            {
+                this.standardOutputStreamReader = driverProcess.StandardOutput;
+            }
+
+            if (driverProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError && !driverProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute)
+            {
+                this.standardErrorStreamReader = driverProcess.StandardError;
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>