diff --git a/authfd.c b/authfd.c
index c11c3f5..c942a91 100644
--- a/authfd.c
+++ b/authfd.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: authfd.c,v 1.84 2010/08/31 11:54:45 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: authfd.c,v 1.85 2011/05/15 08:09:01 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 		return -1;
 
 	/* close on exec */
-	if (fcntl(sock, F_SETFD, 1) == -1) {
+	if (fcntl(sock, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) == -1) {
 		close(sock);
 		return -1;
 	}