diff --git a/include/pybind11/iostream.h b/include/pybind11/iostream.h
index 44261e881e..df7fa3c381 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/iostream.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/iostream.h
@@ -131,7 +131,22 @@ class pythonbuf : public std::streambuf {
         setp(d_buffer.get(), d_buffer.get() + buf_size - 1);
     }
 
-    pythonbuf(pythonbuf &&) = default;
+    pythonbuf(pythonbuf &&other) noexcept
+        : buf_size(other.buf_size), d_buffer(std::move(other.d_buffer)),
+          pywrite(std::move(other.pywrite)), pyflush(std::move(other.pyflush)) {
+        const auto pending = (other.pbase() != nullptr && other.pptr() != nullptr)
+                                 ? static_cast<int>(other.pptr() - other.pbase())
+                                 : 0;
+        if (d_buffer != nullptr) {
+            // Rebuild the put area from the transferred storage.
+            setp(d_buffer.get(), d_buffer.get() + buf_size - 1);
+            pbump(pending);
+        } else {
+            setp(nullptr, nullptr);
+        }
+        // Prevent the moved-from destructor from flushing through moved-out handles.
+        other.setp(nullptr, nullptr);
+    }
 
     /// Sync before destroy
     ~pythonbuf() override { _sync(); }
@@ -169,6 +184,7 @@ class scoped_ostream_redirect {
     std::streambuf *old;
     std::ostream &costream;
     detail::pythonbuf buffer;
+    bool active = true;
 
 public:
     explicit scoped_ostream_redirect(std::ostream &costream = std::cout,
@@ -178,10 +194,22 @@ class scoped_ostream_redirect {
         old = costream.rdbuf(&buffer);
     }
 
-    ~scoped_ostream_redirect() { costream.rdbuf(old); }
+    ~scoped_ostream_redirect() {
+        if (active) {
+            costream.rdbuf(old);
+        }
+    }
 
     scoped_ostream_redirect(const scoped_ostream_redirect &) = delete;
-    scoped_ostream_redirect(scoped_ostream_redirect &&other) = default;
+    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(performance-noexcept-move-constructor)
+    scoped_ostream_redirect(scoped_ostream_redirect &&other)
+        : old(other.old), costream(other.costream), buffer(std::move(other.buffer)),
+          active(other.active) {
+        if (active) {
+            costream.rdbuf(&buffer); // Re-point stream to our buffer
+            other.active = false;
+        }
+    }
     scoped_ostream_redirect &operator=(const scoped_ostream_redirect &) = delete;
     scoped_ostream_redirect &operator=(scoped_ostream_redirect &&) = delete;
 };
diff --git a/tests/test_iostream.cpp b/tests/test_iostream.cpp
index 421eaa2dd8..7484e734be 100644
--- a/tests/test_iostream.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_iostream.cpp
@@ -123,4 +123,40 @@ TEST_SUBMODULE(iostream, m) {
         .def("stop", &TestThread::stop)
         .def("join", &TestThread::join)
         .def("sleep", &TestThread::sleep);
+
+    m.def("move_redirect_output", [](const std::string &msg_before, const std::string &msg_after) {
+        py::scoped_ostream_redirect redir1(std::cout, py::module_::import("sys").attr("stdout"));
+        std::cout << msg_before << std::flush;
+        py::scoped_ostream_redirect redir2(std::move(redir1));
+        std::cout << msg_after << std::flush;
+    });
+
+    m.def("move_redirect_output_unflushed",
+          [](const std::string &msg_before, const std::string &msg_after) {
+              py::scoped_ostream_redirect redir1(std::cout,
+                                                 py::module_::import("sys").attr("stdout"));
+              std::cout << msg_before;
+              py::scoped_ostream_redirect redir2(std::move(redir1));
+              std::cout << msg_after << std::flush;
+          });
+
+    // Redirect a stream whose original rdbuf is nullptr, then move the redirect.
+    // Verifies that nullptr is correctly restored (not confused with a moved-from sentinel).
+    m.def("move_redirect_null_rdbuf", [](const std::string &msg) {
+        std::ostream os(nullptr);
+        py::scoped_ostream_redirect redir1(os, py::module_::import("sys").attr("stdout"));
+        os << msg << std::flush;
+        py::scoped_ostream_redirect redir2(std::move(redir1));
+        os << msg << std::flush;
+        // After redir2 goes out of scope, os.rdbuf() should be restored to nullptr.
+    });
+
+    m.def("get_null_rdbuf_restored", [](const std::string &msg) -> bool {
+        std::ostream os(nullptr);
+        {
+            py::scoped_ostream_redirect redir(os, py::module_::import("sys").attr("stdout"));
+            os << msg << std::flush;
+        }
+        return os.rdbuf() == nullptr;
+    });
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_iostream.py b/tests/test_iostream.py
index 791b9e0483..857e0b5f73 100644
--- a/tests/test_iostream.py
+++ b/tests/test_iostream.py
@@ -284,6 +284,31 @@ def test_redirect_both(capfd):
     assert stream2.getvalue() == msg2
 
 
+def test_move_redirect(capsys):
+    m.move_redirect_output("before_move", "after_move")
+    stdout, stderr = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert stdout == "before_moveafter_move"
+    assert not stderr
+
+
+def test_move_redirect_unflushed(capsys):
+    m.move_redirect_output_unflushed("before_move", "after_move")
+    stdout, stderr = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert stdout == "before_moveafter_move"
+    assert not stderr
+
+
+def test_move_redirect_null_rdbuf(capsys):
+    m.move_redirect_null_rdbuf("hello")
+    stdout, stderr = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert stdout == "hellohello"
+    assert not stderr
+
+
+def test_null_rdbuf_restored():
+    assert m.get_null_rdbuf_restored("test")
+
+
 @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform.startswith("emscripten"), reason="Requires threads")
 def test_threading():
     with m.ostream_redirect(stdout=True, stderr=False):