1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/libiptc/libiptc.c b/libiptc/libiptc.c
index 29ff356f..e4750633 100644
--- a/libiptc/libiptc.c
+++ b/libiptc/libiptc.c
@@ -1318,16 +1318,10 @@ retry:
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	sockfd = socket(TC_AF, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW);
+	sockfd = socket(TC_AF, SOCK_RAW | SOCK_CLOEXEC, IPPROTO_RAW);
 	if (sockfd < 0)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (fcntl(sockfd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) == -1) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Could not set close on exec: %s\n",
-			strerror(errno));
-		abort();
-	}
-
 	s = sizeof(info);
 
 	strcpy(info.name, tablename);