diff --git a/frigate/test/test_config_migration.py b/frigate/test/test_config_migration.py
index c33aa95425..dd682c4e38 100644
--- a/frigate/test/test_config_migration.py
+++ b/frigate/test/test_config_migration.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Tests for migrating detectors and model into the models list."""
 
+import errno
 import logging
 import os
 import tempfile
@@ -240,6 +241,30 @@ class TestMigrateConfigFile(unittest.TestCase):
         with open(self.config_file) as f:
             return YAML().load(f)
 
+    def test_a_failed_write_leaves_the_original_config(self):
+        original = "mqtt:\n  enabled: false\ncameras: {}\n"
+        with open(self.config_file, "w") as f:
+            f.write(original)
+
+        with (
+            patch.object(YAML, "dump", side_effect=RuntimeError),
+            self.assertRaises(RuntimeError),
+        ):
+            migrate_frigate_config(self.config_file)
+
+        with open(self.config_file) as f:
+            self.assertEqual(f.read(), original)
+
+    def test_a_file_bind_mount_is_written_in_place(self):
+        with patch(
+            "frigate.util.config.os.replace",
+            side_effect=OSError(errno.EBUSY, "Device or resource busy"),
+        ):
+            migrated = self._migrate("mqtt:\n  enabled: false\ncameras: {}\n")
+
+        self.assertEqual(migrated["version"], CURRENT_CONFIG_VERSION)
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(f"{self.config_file}.tmp"))
+
     def test_migrates_a_config_already_stamped_with_the_current_version(self):
         # 0.19 is unreleased, so a dev config can be current and still use
         # the pre-models keys
diff --git a/frigate/util/config.py b/frigate/util/config.py
index 1555a903b4..7c83edf793 100644
--- a/frigate/util/config.py
+++ b/frigate/util/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 """configuration utils."""
 
 import asyncio
+import contextlib
+import errno
 import ipaddress
 import logging
 import os
@@ -213,11 +215,24 @@ def find_config_file() -> str:
 
 
 def _write_config(config_file: str, yaml: YAML, config: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    st = os.stat(config_file)
     tmp_file = f"{config_file}.tmp"
     with open(tmp_file, "w") as f:
         yaml.dump(config, f)
-    shutil.copymode(config_file, tmp_file)
-    os.replace(tmp_file, config_file)
+    os.chmod(tmp_file, st.st_mode)
+
+    with contextlib.suppress(PermissionError):
+        os.chown(tmp_file, st.st_uid, st.st_gid)
+
+    try:
+        os.replace(tmp_file, config_file)
+    except OSError as e:
+        if e.errno != errno.EBUSY:
+            raise
+
+        # a file bind mount can't be renamed over, so write it in place
+        shutil.copyfile(tmp_file, config_file)
+        os.remove(tmp_file)
 
 
 def migrate_frigate_config(config_file: str):