diff --git a/src/ev_kqueue.c b/src/ev_kqueue.c
index 532d49dff..d58bc4ab4 100644
--- a/src/ev_kqueue.c
+++ b/src/ev_kqueue.c
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ static int init_kqueue_per_thread()
 
 static void deinit_kqueue_per_thread()
 {
+	if (tid)
+		close(kqueue_fd[tid]);
+
 	free(kev);
 	kev = NULL;
 }