diff --git a/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs b/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
index 3ba565fe4f3..c176e7983b7 100644
--- a/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, strip_errno};
 use uucore::translate;
 
+// This error kind will never be raised by std
+// Use it for termination when all writers exited
+use ErrorKind::Other as AllWriterExited;
+
 mod cli;
 pub use crate::cli::uu_app;
 use crate::cli::{Options, OutputErrorMode, options};
@@ -59,14 +63,11 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 fn tee(options: &Options) -> Result<()> {
     #[cfg(unix)]
     {
-        // ErrorKind::Other is raised by MultiWriter when all writers have exited.
-        // This is therefore just a clever way to stop all writers
-
         if options.ignore_interrupts {
-            ignore_interrupts().map_err(|_| Error::from(ErrorKind::Other))?;
+            ignore_interrupts().map_err(|_| Error::from(AllWriterExited))?;
         }
         if options.output_error.is_some() {
-            disable_pipe_errors().map_err(|_| Error::from(ErrorKind::Other))?;
+            disable_pipe_errors().map_err(|_| Error::from(AllWriterExited))?;
         }
     }
     let mut writers: Vec<NamedWriter> = options
@@ -97,17 +98,12 @@ fn tee(options: &Options) -> Result<()> {
 
     // We cannot use std::io::copy here as it doesn't flush the output buffer
     let res = match output.copy_unbuffered(input) {
-        // ErrorKind::Other is raised by MultiWriter when all writers
-        // have exited, so that copy will abort. It's equivalent to
-        // success of this part (if there was an error that should
-        // cause a failure from any writer, that error would have been
-        // returned instead).
-        Err(e) if e.kind() != ErrorKind::Other => Err(e),
+        Err(e) if e.kind() != AllWriterExited => Err(e),
         _ => Ok(()),
     };
 
     if had_open_errors || res.is_err() || output.error_occurred() {
-        Err(Error::from(ErrorKind::Other))
+        Err(Error::from(AllWriterExited))
     } else {
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -203,6 +199,7 @@ impl MultiWriter {
         self.writers
             .retain_mut(|writer| match writer.inner.write_all(buf) {
                 Ok(()) => true,
+                // if let guard needs Rust 1.95+ <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/51114>
                 Err(e) => {
                     if let Err(e) = process_error(mode, e, writer, &mut self.ignored_errors) {
                         self.aborted.get_or_insert(e);
@@ -210,17 +207,11 @@ impl MultiWriter {
                     false
                 }
             });
-        self.aborted.take().map_or(
-            if self.writers.is_empty() {
-                // This error kind will never be raised by the standard
-                // library, so we can use it for early termination of
-                // `copy`
-                Err(Error::from(ErrorKind::Other))
-            } else {
-                Ok(())
-            },
-            Err,
-        )
+        match self.aborted.take() {
+            Some(e) => Err(e),
+            None if self.writers.is_empty() => Err(Error::from(AllWriterExited)),
+            None => Ok(()),
+        }
     }
 }