1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c b/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
index 7d5a7fe17c..60dd78d92a 100644
--- a/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
+++ b/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
@@ -264,9 +264,15 @@ _close_fds_by_brute_force(long start_fd, PyObject *py_fds_to_keep)
         start_fd = keep_fd + 1;
     }
     if (start_fd <= end_fd) {
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+        /* Any errors encountered while closing file descriptors are ignored */
+        closefrom(start_fd);
+#else
         for (fd_num = start_fd; fd_num < end_fd; ++fd_num) {
-            close(fd_num);
+            /* Ignore errors */
+            (void)close(fd_num);
         }
+#endif
     }
 }