diff --git a/libsysutils/src/SocketListener.cpp b/libsysutils/src/SocketListener.cpp
index 168899c56e55..4d602a6aa76e 100644
--- a/libsysutils/src/SocketListener.cpp
+++ b/libsysutils/src/SocketListener.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ void SocketListener::runListener() {
 
             do {
                 alen = sizeof(ss);
-                c = accept(mSock, addrp, &alen);
+                c = accept4(mSock, addrp, &alen, SOCK_CLOEXEC);
                 SLOGV("%s got %d from accept", mSocketName, c);
             } while (c < 0 && errno == EINTR);
             if (c < 0) {
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ void SocketListener::runListener() {
                 sleep(1);
                 continue;
             }
-            fcntl(c, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
             pthread_mutex_lock(&mClientsLock);
             mClients->push_back(new SocketClient(c, true, mUseCmdNum));
             pthread_mutex_unlock(&mClientsLock);