diff --git a/contrib/openbsm/bin/auditdistd/subr.c b/contrib/openbsm/bin/auditdistd/subr.c
index e98ed1e..80d7ba0 100644
--- a/contrib/openbsm/bin/auditdistd/subr.c
+++ b/contrib/openbsm/bin/auditdistd/subr.c
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ wait_for_file_init(int fd)
        PJDLOG_ASSERT(fd != -1);

 #ifdef HAVE_KQUEUE
+
+       if (wait_for_file_kq != -1)
+               close(wait_for_file_kq);
+
        kq = kqueue();
        if (kq == -1) {
                pjdlog_errno(LOG_WARNING, "kqueue() failed");