diff --git a/base-linux/src/base/ipc/ipc.cc b/base-linux/src/base/ipc/ipc.cc
index f967db7cb..a56a3c42e 100644
--- a/base-linux/src/base/ipc/ipc.cc
+++ b/base-linux/src/base/ipc/ipc.cc
@@ -333,9 +333,8 @@ static inline void lx_call(int dst_sd,
 
 		~Reply_channel()
 		{
-			for (unsigned i = 0; i < 2; i++)
-			if (sd[0] != -1)
-				lx_close(sd[i]);
+			if (sd[LOCAL_SOCKET]  != -1) lx_close(sd[LOCAL_SOCKET]);
+			if (sd[REMOTE_SOCKET] != -1) lx_close(sd[REMOTE_SOCKET]);
 		}
 
 		int local_socket()  const { return sd[LOCAL_SOCKET];  }