Game controller exit key fails with Permission Denied in service

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I've been trying to figure out why the game controller exit key is not working in EmulationStatus, and I found the following entry in the evdev-exit service:

I'm running this on a Vero V

osmc@kodi:~$ sudo service evdev-exit status
* evdev-exit.service - Monitors a gamepad for a button combination to exit RetroPie and return to Kodi
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/evdev-exit.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2024-09-03 00:04:34 CEST; 18s ago
   Main PID: 3688 (evdev-exit.py)
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 3659)
     Memory: 4.5M
     CGroup: /system.slice/evdev-exit.service
             `-3688 /usr/bin/python /home/osmc/RetroPie/scripts/evdev-exit.py

Sep 03 00:04:34 kodi systemd[1]: Started Monitors a gamepad for a button combination to exit RetroPie and return to Kodi.
Sep 03 00:04:51 kodi evdev-exit.py[4179]: /home/osmc/RetroPie/scripts/evdev-helper.sh: line 28: /tmp/evdev-exit.fifo: Permission denied

What might be causing this? Is there a way to work around it?