1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/bus-proxyd/bus-proxyd.c b/src/bus-proxyd/bus-proxyd.c
index 2bc265d9b4..6a4da0f2e2 100644
--- a/src/bus-proxyd/bus-proxyd.c
+++ b/src/bus-proxyd/bus-proxyd.c
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ static void *run_client(void *userdata) {
         int r;
 
         r = proxy_new(&p, c->fd, c->fd, arg_address);
+        c->fd = -1;
+
         if (r < 0)
                 goto exit;
 
-        c->fd = -1;
-
         /* set comm to "p$PIDu$UID" and suffix with '*' if truncated */
         r = snprintf(comm, sizeof(comm), "p" PID_FMT "u" UID_FMT, p->local_creds.pid, p->local_creds.uid);
         if (r >= (ssize_t)sizeof(comm))