diff --git a/src/frontends/android/jni/libandroidbridge/backend/android_dns_proxy.c b/src/frontends/android/jni/libandroidbridge/backend/android_dns_proxy.c
index 045f2c1d1c..908e37238a 100644
--- a/src/frontends/android/jni/libandroidbridge/backend/android_dns_proxy.c
+++ b/src/frontends/android/jni/libandroidbridge/backend/android_dns_proxy.c
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ static int open_socket(int family)
 												skt, family))
 	{
 		DBG1(DBG_NET, "installing bypass policy for proxy socket failed");
+		close(skt);
+		return -1;
 	}
 	return skt;
 }