Index: sbin/ggate/ggated/ggated.c
===================================================================
--- sbin/ggate/ggated/ggated.c
+++ sbin/ggate/ggated/ggated.c
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@
 		flags = O_WRONLY;
 	else
 		flags = O_RDWR;
+	if (conn->c_diskfd != -1)
+		return (0);
+
 	conn->c_diskfd = open(ex->e_path, flags);
 	if (conn->c_diskfd == -1) {
 		error = errno;
@@ -452,6 +455,7 @@
 		free(conn);
 		return (NULL);
 	}
+	conn->c_diskfd = -1;
 	conn->c_token = cinit->gc_token;
 	ip = htonl(((struct sockaddr_in *)(void *)s)->sin_addr.s_addr);
 	conn->c_srcip = ip;
@@ -532,8 +536,10 @@
 	int error, pid;
 
 	pid = fork();
-	if (pid > 0)
+	if (pid > 0) {
+		close(conn->c_diskfd);
 		return;
+	}
 	else if (pid == -1) {
 		g_gate_log(LOG_ERR, "Cannot fork: %s.", strerror(errno));
 		return;