diff --git restorecond-2.8/restorecond.c restorecond-2.8/restorecond.c

index 6fbbd35..e1d26cb 100644

--- restorecond-2.8/restorecond.c

+++ restorecond-2.8/restorecond.c

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ static int write_pid_file(void)

 	}

 	if (write(pidfd, val, (unsigned int)len) != len) {

 		syslog(LOG_ERR, "Unable to write to pidfile (%s)", strerror(errno));

+		close(pidfd);

 		return 1;

 	}

 	close(pidfd);