diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 0013319ad55..caab4a5674d 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 #ifndef WIN32
+#include <attributes.h>
+#include <cerrno>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif
@@ -92,6 +94,30 @@ std::unique_ptr<BanMan> g_banman;
 
 static const char* FEE_ESTIMATES_FILENAME="fee_estimates.dat";
 
+/**
+ * The PID file facilities.
+ */
+#ifndef WIN32
+static const char* BITCOIN_PID_FILENAME = "bitcoind.pid";
+
+static fs::path GetPidFile()
+{
+    return AbsPathForConfigVal(fs::path(gArgs.GetArg("-pid", BITCOIN_PID_FILENAME)));
+}
+
+NODISCARD static bool CreatePidFile()
+{
+    FILE* file = fsbridge::fopen(GetPidFile(), "w");
+    if (file) {
+        fprintf(file, "%d\n", getpid());
+        fclose(file);
+        return true;
+    } else {
+        return InitError(strprintf(_("Unable to create the PID file '%s': %s"), GetPidFile().string(), std::strerror(errno)));
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 // Shutdown
@@ -262,9 +288,11 @@ void Shutdown(InitInterfaces& interfaces)
 
 #ifndef WIN32
     try {
-        fs::remove(GetPidFile());
+        if (!fs::remove(GetPidFile())) {
+            LogPrintf("%s: Unable to remove PID file: File does not exist\n", __func__);
+        }
     } catch (const fs::filesystem_error& e) {
-        LogPrintf("%s: Unable to remove pidfile: %s\n", __func__, e.what());
+        LogPrintf("%s: Unable to remove PID file: %s\n", __func__, e.what());
     }
 #endif
     interfaces.chain_clients.clear();
@@ -1201,7 +1229,10 @@ bool AppInitMain(InitInterfaces& interfaces)
     const CChainParams& chainparams = Params();
     // ********************************************************* Step 4a: application initialization
 #ifndef WIN32
-    CreatePidFile(GetPidFile(), getpid());
+    if (!CreatePidFile()) {
+        // Detailed error printed inside CreatePidFile().
+        return false;
+    }
 #endif
     if (LogInstance().m_print_to_file) {
         if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-shrinkdebugfile", LogInstance().DefaultShrinkDebugFile())) {
diff --git a/src/util/system.cpp b/src/util/system.cpp
index 27ed24d0122..6e82de743af 100644
--- a/src/util/system.cpp
+++ b/src/util/system.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
 const int64_t nStartupTime = GetTime();
 
 const char * const BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME = "bitcoin.conf";
-const char * const BITCOIN_PID_FILENAME = "bitcoind.pid";
 
 ArgsManager gArgs;
 
@@ -965,23 +964,6 @@ std::string ArgsManager::GetChainName() const
     return CBaseChainParams::MAIN;
 }
 
-#ifndef WIN32
-fs::path GetPidFile()
-{
-    return AbsPathForConfigVal(fs::path(gArgs.GetArg("-pid", BITCOIN_PID_FILENAME)));
-}
-
-void CreatePidFile(const fs::path &path, pid_t pid)
-{
-    FILE* file = fsbridge::fopen(path, "w");
-    if (file)
-    {
-        fprintf(file, "%d\n", pid);
-        fclose(file);
-    }
-}
-#endif
-
 bool RenameOver(fs::path src, fs::path dest)
 {
 #ifdef WIN32
diff --git a/src/util/system.h b/src/util/system.h
index 8867e49478f..69ae11d1edd 100644
--- a/src/util/system.h
+++ b/src/util/system.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 int64_t GetStartupTime();
 
 extern const char * const BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME;
-extern const char * const BITCOIN_PID_FILENAME;
 
 /** Translate a message to the native language of the user. */
 const extern std::function<std::string(const char*)> G_TRANSLATION_FUN;
@@ -86,10 +85,6 @@ const fs::path &GetBlocksDir();
 const fs::path &GetDataDir(bool fNetSpecific = true);
 void ClearDatadirCache();
 fs::path GetConfigFile(const std::string& confPath);
-#ifndef WIN32
-fs::path GetPidFile();
-void CreatePidFile(const fs::path &path, pid_t pid);
-#endif
 #ifdef WIN32
 fs::path GetSpecialFolderPath(int nFolder, bool fCreate = true);
 #endif
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh b/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh
index 1534d5ef683..2b6c78c2c84 100755
--- a/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh
+++ b/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ KNOWN_VIOLATIONS=(
     "src/dbwrapper.cpp:.*vsnprintf"
     "src/httprpc.cpp.*trim"
     "src/init.cpp:.*atoi"
+    "src/init.cpp:.*fprintf"
     "src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp:.*atoi"
     "src/rest.cpp:.*strtol"
     "src/test/dbwrapper_tests.cpp:.*snprintf"
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ KNOWN_VIOLATIONS=(
     "src/util/strencodings.cpp:.*strtoul"
     "src/util/strencodings.h:.*atoi"
     "src/util/system.cpp:.*atoi"
-    "src/util/system.cpp:.*fprintf"
 )
 
 REGEXP_IGNORE_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES="^src/(crypto/ctaes/|leveldb/|secp256k1/|tinyformat.h|univalue/)"