diff --git a/certbot/CHANGELOG.md b/certbot/CHANGELOG.md
index 463d8f3b5..1ad4a2076 100644
--- a/certbot/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/certbot/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Certbot adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 ### Fixed
 
 * Fixed parsing of `Define`d values in the Apache plugin to allow for `=` in the value.
+* Fixed a relatively harmless crash when issuing a certificate with `--quiet`/`-q`.
 
 More details about these changes can be found on our GitHub repo.
 
diff --git a/certbot/certbot/_internal/main.py b/certbot/certbot/_internal/main.py
index cda08e1b7..659d00888 100644
--- a/certbot/certbot/_internal/main.py
+++ b/certbot/certbot/_internal/main.py
@@ -66,9 +66,12 @@ def _suggest_donation_if_appropriate(config):
     :rtype: None
 
     """
+    # don't prompt for donation if:
+    # - renewing
+    # - using the staging server (--staging or --dry-run)
+    # - running with --quiet (display fd won't be available during atexit calls #8995)
     assert config.verb != "renew"
-    if config.staging:
-        # --dry-run implies --staging
+    if config.staging or config.quiet:
         return
     util.atexit_register(
         display_util.notification,