diff --git a/arch/cris/kernel/sys_cris.c b/arch/cris/kernel/sys_cris.c
index 8b9984197edcc57878356a56848c237ea06aa109..d124066e1728880b29dc8778d103b5fed1309a1b 100644
--- a/arch/cris/kernel/sys_cris.c
+++ b/arch/cris/kernel/sys_cris.c
@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ asmlinkage int sys_pipe(unsigned long __user * fildes)
         error = do_pipe(fd);
         unlock_kernel();
         if (!error) {
-                if (copy_to_user(fildes, fd, 2*sizeof(int)))
+                if (copy_to_user(fildes, fd, 2*sizeof(int))) {
+			sys_close(fd[0]);
+			sys_close(fd[1]);
                         error = -EFAULT;
+		}
         }
         return error;
 }
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/sys_m32r.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/sys_m32r.c
index 6d7a80fdad488676b8e69c43b0db180e68baf823..319c79720b8a2ba3860ff35fad5a20b2552210cc 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/sys_m32r.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/sys_m32r.c
@@ -90,8 +90,11 @@ sys_pipe(unsigned long r0, unsigned long r1, unsigned long r2,
 
 	error = do_pipe(fd);
 	if (!error) {
-		if (copy_to_user((void __user *)r0, fd, 2*sizeof(int)))
+		if (copy_to_user((void __user *)r0, fd, 2*sizeof(int))) {
+			sys_close(fd[0]);
+			sys_close(fd[1]);
 			error = -EFAULT;
+		}
 	}
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 3499f9ff6316ba7189475ec11021bab74dcf083a..ec228bc9f8824128ea99c5cb24abc743063e00bb 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/audit.h>
+#include <linux/syscalls.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/ioctls.h>
@@ -1086,8 +1087,11 @@ asmlinkage long __weak sys_pipe(int __user *fildes)
 
 	error = do_pipe(fd);
 	if (!error) {
-		if (copy_to_user(fildes, fd, sizeof(fd)))
+		if (copy_to_user(fildes, fd, sizeof(fd))) {
+			sys_close(fd[0]);
+			sys_close(fd[1]);
 			error = -EFAULT;
+		}
 	}
 	return error;
 }