diff -up krb5/src/slave/kpropd.c krb5/src/slave/kpropd.c
--- krb5/src/slave/kpropd.c	2010-12-17 11:14:26.000000000 -0500
+++ krb5/src/slave/kpropd.c	2010-12-17 11:41:19.000000000 -0500
@@ -404,11 +404,11 @@ retry:
             }
 
             close(s);
-            if (iproprole == IPROP_SLAVE)
+            if (iproprole == IPROP_SLAVE) {
                 close(finet);
-
-            if ((ret = WEXITSTATUS(status)) != 0)
-                return (ret);
+                if ((ret = WEXITSTATUS(status)) != 0)
+                    return (ret);
+            }
         }
         if (iproprole == IPROP_SLAVE)
             break;