diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index c419087dc5ba..c68c1661558d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 
 - [Azure Logs] Fix authentication_processing_details parsing in sign-in logs. {issue}34330[34330] {pull}34478[34478]
 - Fix dropped events when monitor a beat under the agent and send its `Host info` log entry. {pull}34599[34599]
+- Fix panics when a processor is closed twice {pull}34647[34647]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
@@ -120,23 +121,3 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 *Functionbeat*
 
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diff --git a/filebeat/channel/runner.go b/filebeat/channel/runner.go
index 11e31ad88415..ca6a1cda3fab 100644
--- a/filebeat/channel/runner.go
+++ b/filebeat/channel/runner.go
@@ -126,28 +126,28 @@ func newCommonConfigEditor(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var indexProcessor processors.Processor
-	if !config.Index.IsEmpty() {
-		staticFields := fmtstr.FieldsForBeat(beatInfo.Beat, beatInfo.Version)
-		timestampFormat, err :=
-			fmtstr.NewTimestampFormatString(&config.Index, staticFields)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		indexProcessor = add_formatted_index.New(timestampFormat)
-	}
-
-	userProcessors, err := processors.New(config.Processors)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	serviceType := config.ServiceType
 	if serviceType == "" {
 		serviceType = config.Module
 	}
 
 	return func(clientCfg beat.ClientConfig) (beat.ClientConfig, error) {
+		var indexProcessor processors.Processor
+		if !config.Index.IsEmpty() {
+			staticFields := fmtstr.FieldsForBeat(beatInfo.Beat, beatInfo.Version)
+			timestampFormat, err :=
+				fmtstr.NewTimestampFormatString(&config.Index, staticFields)
+			if err != nil {
+				return clientCfg, err
+			}
+			indexProcessor = add_formatted_index.New(timestampFormat)
+		}
+
+		userProcessors, err := processors.New(config.Processors)
+		if err != nil {
+			return clientCfg, err
+		}
+
 		meta := clientCfg.Processing.Meta.Clone()
 		fields := clientCfg.Processing.Fields.Clone()
 
@@ -191,6 +191,6 @@ func newCommonConfigEditor(
 
 func setOptional(to common.MapStr, key string, value string) {
 	if value != "" {
-		to.Put(key, value)
+		_, _ = to.Put(key, value)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/libbeat/processors/safe_processor.go b/libbeat/processors/safe_processor.go
index c8498cb2d78b..0032dd53855c 100644
--- a/libbeat/processors/safe_processor.go
+++ b/libbeat/processors/safe_processor.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/beat"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/common"
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/logp"
 )
 
 var ErrClosed = errors.New("attempt to use a closed processor")
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ func (p *SafeProcessor) Close() (err error) {
 	if atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(&p.closed, 0, 1) {
 		return Close(p.Processor)
 	}
+	logp.L().Warnf("tried to close already closed %q processor", p.Processor.String())
 	return nil
 }