1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 120c77f3b..1c71f7f66 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -632,8 +632,7 @@ static void NOINLINE vfork_compressor(int tar_fd, const char *gzip)
                          * Swapping move_fd's order wouldn't work:
                          * data.rd is 1 and _it_ would be destroyed.
                          */
-                        xmove_fd(tfd, 3);
-                        tfd = 3;
+                        tfd = dup(tfd);
                 }
                 xmove_fd(data.rd, 0);
                 xmove_fd(tfd, 1);