1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_close.c b/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_close.c
index 9eba4332f060a..2580fcef02c5f 100644
--- a/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_close.c
+++ b/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_close.c
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ close(int fd)
 {
 	int		flags;
 	int		ret;
-	int		status;
 	struct stat	sb;
 	struct fd_table_entry	*entry;
 
+	_thread_enter_cancellation_point();
+
 	if ((fd == _thread_kern_pipe[0]) || (fd == _thread_kern_pipe[1])) {
 		/*
 		 * Don't allow silly programs to close the kernel pipe.
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ close(int fd)
 		/* Close the file descriptor: */
 		ret = _thread_sys_close(fd);
 	}
+	_thread_leave_cancellation_point();
 	return (ret);
 }
 #endif