diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fileio.py b/Lib/test/test_fileio.py
index 9688ffc..4d13ce5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fileio.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fileio.py
@@ -421,6 +421,17 @@
             'IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory' not in out):
             self.fail('Bad output: %r' % out)
 
+    def testUnclosedFDOnException(self):
+        class MyException(Exception): pass
+        class MyFileIO(_FileIO):
+            def __setattr__(self, name, value):
+                if name == "name":
+                    raise MyException("blocked setting name")
+                return super(MyFileIO, self).__setattr__(name, value)
+        fd = os.open(__file__, os.O_RDONLY)
+        self.assertRaises(MyException, MyFileIO, fd)
+        os.close(fd)  # should not raise OSError(EBADF)
+
 def test_main():
     # Historically, these tests have been sloppy about removing TESTFN.
     # So get rid of it no matter what.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 11fb95f..4ce3e21 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #10053: Don't close FDs when FileIO.__init__ fails. Loosely based on
+  the work by Hirokazu Yamamoto.
+
 - Issue #14775: Fix a potential quadratic dict build-up due to the garbage
   collector repeatedly trying to untrack dicts.
 
diff --git a/Modules/_io/fileio.c b/Modules/_io/fileio.c
index d1941df..e23fc6e 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/fileio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/fileio.c
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@
     int flags = 0;
     int fd = -1;
     int closefd = 1;
+    int fd_is_own = 0;
 
     assert(PyFileIO_Check(oself));
     if (self->fd >= 0) {
@@ -345,6 +346,7 @@
 #endif
             self->fd = open(name, flags, 0666);
         Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+        fd_is_own = 1;
         if (self->fd < 0) {
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
             if (widename != NULL)
@@ -366,19 +368,17 @@
            end of file (otherwise, it might be done only on the
            first write()). */
         PyObject *pos = portable_lseek(self->fd, NULL, 2);
-        if (pos == NULL) {
-            if (closefd) {
-                close(self->fd);
-                self->fd = -1;
-            }
+        if (pos == NULL)
             goto error;
-        }
         Py_DECREF(pos);
     }
 
     goto done;
 
  error:
+    if (!fd_is_own)
+        self->fd = -1;
+
     ret = -1;
 
  done: