1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_ssh.c b/plugins/check_ssh.c
index afe44c95..9de7de38 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ssh.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ssh.c
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ ssh_connect (char *haddr, int hport, char *remote_version)
         recv (sd, output, BUFF_SZ, 0);
         if (strncmp (output, "SSH", 3)) {
                 printf (_("Server answer: %s"), output);
+                close(sd);
                 exit (STATE_CRITICAL);
         }
         else {
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ ssh_connect (char *haddr, int hport, char *remote_version)
                         printf
                                 (_("SSH WARNING - %s (protocol %s) version mismatch, expected '%s'\n"),
                                  ssh_server, ssh_proto, remote_version);
+                        close(sd);
                         exit (STATE_WARNING);
                 }