diff --git a/standard/appspawn_service.c b/standard/appspawn_service.c
index dfd7f994e86077830ff3c8b4e03a141f151c8fb5..d4690e0e6132be4964657d82d4ccb5e97bc87c74 100644
--- a/standard/appspawn_service.c
+++ b/standard/appspawn_service.c
@@ -503,7 +503,9 @@ AppSpawnContent *AppSpawnCreateContent(const char *socketName, char *longProcNam
             return NULL, "Failed to create socket for %s", path);
         // create socket
         ret = chmod(path, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH);
-        APPSPAWN_CHECK(ret == 0, free(appSpawnContent);
+        APPSPAWN_CHECK(ret == 0,
+            LE_CloseStreamTask(LE_GetDefaultLoop(), appSpawnContent->server);
+            free(appSpawnContent);
             return NULL, "Failed to chmod %s, err %d. ", path, errno);
         APPSPAWN_LOGI("AppSpawnCreateContent path %s fd %d", path, LE_GetSocketFd(appSpawnContent->server));
     }