diff --git a/lib/uuid/gen_uuid.c b/lib/uuid/gen_uuid.c
index 1b23d112..22b45134 100644
--- a/lib/uuid/gen_uuid.c
+++ b/lib/uuid/gen_uuid.c
@@ -326,10 +326,12 @@ static int get_clock(uint32_t *clock_high, uint32_t *clock_low,
 		state_fd = open("/var/lib/libuuid/clock.txt",
 				O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0660);
 		(void) umask(save_umask);
-		state_f = fdopen(state_fd, "r+");
-		if (!state_f) {
-			close(state_fd);
-			state_fd = -1;
+		if (state_fd >= 0) {
+			state_f = fdopen(state_fd, "r+");
+			if (!state_f) {
+				close(state_fd);
+				state_fd = -1;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	fl.l_type = F_WRLCK;
@@ -343,7 +345,6 @@ static int get_clock(uint32_t *clock_high, uint32_t *clock_low,
 			if ((errno == EAGAIN) || (errno == EINTR))
 				continue;
 			fclose(state_f);
-			close(state_fd);
 			state_fd = -1;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -412,7 +413,10 @@ try_again:
 		}
 		rewind(state_f);
 		fl.l_type = F_UNLCK;
-		fcntl(state_fd, F_SETLK, &fl);
+		if (fcntl(state_fd, F_SETLK, &fl) < 0) {
+			fclose(state_f);
+			state_fd = -1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	*clock_high = clock_reg >> 32;