diff --git a/src/util/src/tsocket.c b/src/util/src/tsocket.c
index bd2606d5fb73b61681470ba903b873d18b5823ef..b225dfa36a4572ff3f56649e22ffdc81879d4d3c 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tsocket.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tsocket.c
@@ -383,10 +383,15 @@ int taosOpenTcpServerSocket(uint32_t ip, uint16_t port) {
     return -1;
   }
 
-  if (taosKeepTcpAlive(sockFd) < 0) return -1;
+  if (taosKeepTcpAlive(sockFd) < 0) {
+    uError("failed to set tcp server keep-alive option, 0x%x:%hu(%s)", ip, port, strerror(errno));
+    close(sockFd);
+    return -1;
+  }
 
   if (listen(sockFd, 10) < 0) {
     uError("listen tcp server socket failed, 0x%x:%hu(%s)", ip, port, strerror(errno));
+    close(sockFd);
     return -1;
   }