diff --git a/apps/nc/compat/accept4.c b/apps/nc/compat/accept4.c
index 278198b..dca42e9 100644
--- a/apps/nc/compat/accept4.c
+++ b/apps/nc/compat/accept4.c
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ accept4(int s, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen, int flags)
 {
 	int rets = accept(s, addr, addrlen);
 	if (rets == -1)
-		return s;
+		return rets;
 
 	if (flags & SOCK_CLOEXEC) {
-		flags = fcntl(s, F_GETFD);
+		flags = fcntl(rets, F_GETFD);
 		fcntl(rets, F_SETFD, flags | FD_CLOEXEC);
 	}