diff --git a/util/ChangeLog b/util/ChangeLog
index d5bfefdc2..7b97faeb4 100644
--- a/util/ChangeLog
+++ b/util/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-07-29  Marcus Brinkmann  <marcus@g10code.de>
+
+	* secmem.c (init_pool): Close FD after establishing the mapping.
+
 2006-07-20  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
 
 	* http.c (send_request): A zero-length proxy is the same as no
diff --git a/util/secmem.c b/util/secmem.c
index 6da58b2e6..5ffbfc6d3 100644
--- a/util/secmem.c
+++ b/util/secmem.c
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ init_pool( size_t n)
 	else {
 	    pool = mmap( 0, poolsize, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
 				      MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+	    close (fd);
 	}
     }
 #endif