diff --git a/tcpproxy.c b/tcpproxy.c
index 3932014..349d6c2 100644
--- a/tcpproxy.c
+++ b/tcpproxy.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ taskmain(int argc, char **argv)
 			fprintf(stderr, "connection from %s:%d\n", remote, rport);
 		taskcreate(proxytask, (void*)(uintptr_t)cfd, STACK);
 	}
+	close(fd);
 }
 
 void