diff --git a/kqueue.go b/kqueue.go
index 8d3f5749..ab5c4b9f 100644
--- a/kqueue.go
+++ b/kqueue.go
@@ -469,6 +469,8 @@ func kqueue() (kq int, closepipe [2]int, err error) {
 	syscall.SetKevent(&events[0], closepipe[0], syscall.EVFILT_READ, pflag)
 	if ok, err := syscall.Kevent(kq, events, nil, nil); ok == -1 {
 		syscall.Close(kq)
+		syscall.Close(closepipe[0])
+		syscall.Close(closepipe[1])
 		return kq, closepipe, err
 	}
 	return kq, closepipe, nil