diff --git a/libcutils/uevent.c b/libcutils/uevent.c
index 97a81e309..4e5c67761 100644
--- a/libcutils/uevent.c
+++ b/libcutils/uevent.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int uevent_open_socket(int buf_sz, bool passcred)
     addr.nl_pid = getpid();
     addr.nl_groups = 0xffffffff;
 
-    s = socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM, NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT);
+    s = socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT);
     if(s < 0)
         return -1;
 
diff --git a/libnetutils/ifc_utils.c b/libnetutils/ifc_utils.c
index 913f51e81..b41a0af83 100644
--- a/libnetutils/ifc_utils.c
+++ b/libnetutils/ifc_utils.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ int ifc_act_on_address(int action, const char *name, const char *address,
     req.n.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(req.n.nlmsg_len) + RTA_LENGTH(addrlen);
     memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), addr, addrlen);
 
-    s = socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);
+    s = socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW | SOCK_CLOEXEC, NETLINK_ROUTE);
     if (send(s, &req, req.n.nlmsg_len, 0) < 0) {
         close(s);
         return -errno;