1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pimd/pim_sock.c b/pimd/pim_sock.c
index 11cd61b592..df0095d29e 100644
--- a/pimd/pim_sock.c
+++ b/pimd/pim_sock.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ int pim_socket_mcast(int protocol, struct in_addr ifaddr, int ifindex, u_char lo
       ret = pim_socket_bind (fd, ifp);
       if (ret)
 	{
+          close (fd);
 	  zlog_warn("Could not set fd: %d for interface: %s to device",
 		    fd, ifp->name);
 	  return PIM_SOCK_ERR_BIND;