1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index 844559580..49e99a1a5 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -169,13 +169,16 @@ extern int tar_unzip_init(int tarFd)
 
         if (child_pid==0) {
                 /* child process */
+                close(unzip_pipe[0]);
                 gunzip_init();
                 unzip(tarFd, unzip_pipe[1]);
                 exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
         }
-        else
+        else {
                 /* return fd of uncompressed data to parent process */
+                close(unzip_pipe[1]);
                 return(unzip_pipe[0]);
+        }
 }
 #endif