diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index 475c5ca41c9..3beea79f419 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -3109,11 +3109,12 @@ static RPCHelpMan dumptxoutset()
 
     const ArgsManager& args{EnsureAnyArgsman(request.context)};
     const fs::path path = fsbridge::AbsPathJoin(args.GetDataDirNet(), fs::u8path(self.Arg<std::string_view>("path")));
+    const auto path_info{fs::status(path)};
     // Write to a temporary path and then move into `path` on completion
-    // to avoid confusion due to an interruption.
-    const fs::path temppath = path + ".incomplete";
+    // to avoid confusion due to an interruption. If a named pipe passed, write directly to it.
+    const fs::path temppath = fs::is_fifo(path_info) ? path : path + ".incomplete";
 
-    if (fs::exists(path)) {
+    if (fs::exists(path_info) && !fs::is_fifo(path_info)) {
         throw JSONRPCError(
             RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER,
             path.utf8string() + " already exists. If you are sure this is what you want, "
@@ -3197,7 +3198,9 @@ static RPCHelpMan dumptxoutset()
                                         path,
                                         temppath,
                                         node.rpc_interruption_point);
-    fs::rename(temppath, path);
+    if (!fs::is_fifo(path_info)) {
+        fs::rename(temppath, path);
+    }
 
     result.pushKV("path", path.utf8string());
     return result;
diff --git a/src/util/fs.h b/src/util/fs.h
index 147904d030a..dce371cc5ef 100644
--- a/src/util/fs.h
+++ b/src/util/fs.h
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ static inline bool exists(const path& p)
 {
     return std::filesystem::exists(p);
 }
+static inline bool exists(const std::filesystem::file_status& s)
+{
+    return std::filesystem::exists(s);
+}
 
 // Allow explicit quoted stream I/O.
 static inline auto quoted(const std::string& s)