diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index 6fd7c2f89..e51b0d30a 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -2219,6 +2219,7 @@ void checkChildrenDone(void) {
             g_pserver->rdbThreadVars.fRdbThreadCancel = false;
             g_pserver->rdbThreadVars.fDone = false;
             if (exitcode == 0) receiveChildInfo();
+            closeChildInfoPipe();
         }
     }
     else if ((pid = waitpid(-1, &statloc, WNOHANG)) != 0) {