diff --git a/src/c/tcp.d b/src/c/tcp.d
index b1849a169..59794554b 100644
--- a/src/c/tcp.d
+++ b/src/c/tcp.d
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ create_server_port(int port)
     FElibc_error("Accepting requests", 0);
 #endif  /* THREADS */
 
+  close(request);
   return(conn);
 }