diff --git a/Source/santad/EventProviders/SNTEndpointSecurityFileAccessAuthorizer.mm b/Source/santad/EventProviders/SNTEndpointSecurityFileAccessAuthorizer.mm
index 7c688d81c..2c85713f0 100644
--- a/Source/santad/EventProviders/SNTEndpointSecurityFileAccessAuthorizer.mm
+++ b/Source/santad/EventProviders/SNTEndpointSecurityFileAccessAuthorizer.mm
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ - (FileAccessPolicyDecision)handleMessage:(const Message &)msg
 
     // Notify users on block decisions
     if (ShouldNotifyUserDecision(policyDecision) &&
-        (!policy->silent || (!policy->silent_tty && msg->process->tty->path.length > 0))) {
+        (!policy->silent || (!policy->silent_tty && TTYWriter::CanWrite(msg->process)))) {
       SNTCachedDecision *cd =
         [self.decisionCache cachedDecisionForFile:msg->process->executable->stat];