diff --git a/src/system/kernel/fs/vfs.cpp b/src/system/kernel/fs/vfs.cpp
index e9c7e95cc3..4ac9022711 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/fs/vfs.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/fs/vfs.cpp
@@ -6226,7 +6226,7 @@ common_fcntl(int fd, int op, size_t argument, bool kernel)
 			status = new_fd_etc(context, descriptor, (int)argument);
 			if (status >= 0) {
 				mutex_lock(&context->io_mutex);
-				fd_set_close_on_exec(context, fd, op == F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC);
+				fd_set_close_on_exec(context, status, op == F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC);
 				mutex_unlock(&context->io_mutex);
 
 				atomic_add(&descriptor->ref_count, 1);