diff --git a/libcutils/qtaguid.c b/libcutils/qtaguid.c
index 00e211c77..14a58ca74 100644
--- a/libcutils/qtaguid.c
+++ b/libcutils/qtaguid.c
@@ -47,10 +47,7 @@ pthread_once_t resTrackInitDone = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
 
 /* Only call once per process. */
 void qtaguid_resTrack(void) {
-    resTrackFd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open("/dev/xt_qtaguid", O_RDONLY));
-    if (resTrackFd >=0) {
-        TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(fcntl(resTrackFd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC));
-    }
+    resTrackFd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open("/dev/xt_qtaguid", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -63,7 +60,7 @@ static int write_ctrl(const char *cmd) {
 
     ALOGV("write_ctrl(%s)", cmd);
 
-    fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(CTRL_PROCPATH, O_WRONLY));
+    fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(CTRL_PROCPATH, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
     if (fd < 0) {
         return -errno;
     }
@@ -85,7 +82,7 @@ static int write_param(const char *param_path, const char *value) {
     int param_fd;
     int res;
 
-    param_fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(param_path, O_WRONLY));
+    param_fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(param_path, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
     if (param_fd < 0) {
         return -errno;
     }