--- src/sys/kern/kern_event.c	2004/05/13 23:49:23	1.12
+++ src/sys/kern/kern_event.c	2004/11/12 00:09:23	1.13
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ kqueue(struct kqueue_args *uap)
 	TAILQ_INIT(&kq->kq_head);
 	fp->f_data = (caddr_t)kq;
 	uap->sysmsg_result = fd;
+	fdrop(fp, curthread);
 	if (fdp->fd_knlistsize < 0)
 		fdp->fd_knlistsize = 0;		/* this process has a kq */
 	kq->kq_fdp = fdp;