diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 9f291d70b5af..d0ae454a5ee3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.7.1\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 
 - Fix crash when processing forwarded logs missing a message. {issue}34705[34705] {pull}34865[34865]
 - Move repeated channel not found errors to debug level.  {issue}35314[35314] {pull}35317[35317]
+- Allow program termination when attempting to open an absent channel. {pull}35474[35474]
 
 *Functionbeat*
 
diff --git a/winlogbeat/beater/eventlogger.go b/winlogbeat/beater/eventlogger.go
index 2eedb4781568..1b24af15b53d 100644
--- a/winlogbeat/beater/eventlogger.go
+++ b/winlogbeat/beater/eventlogger.go
@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ func (e *eventLogger) run(
 
 runLoop:
 	for stop := false; !stop; {
+		select {
+		case <-done:
+			return
+		default:
+		}
+
 		err = api.Open(state)
 
 		switch {