1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/syscall.c b/libglusterfs/src/syscall.c
index 8e2d56b8d63..6be240599fb 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/syscall.c
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/syscall.c
@@ -241,7 +241,12 @@ sys_statvfs (const char *path, struct statvfs *buf)
 int
 sys_close (int fd)
 {
-        return close (fd);
+        int ret = -1;
+
+        if (fd >= 0)
+                ret = close (fd);
+
+        return ret;
 }