diff --git a/lldb/source/Host/posix/ProcessLauncherPosixFork.cpp b/lldb/source/Host/posix/ProcessLauncherPosixFork.cpp
index 635dbb14a0271692d21b7105152f23f3b965ab85..298e468c15500619820db5eb103e1116b937a416 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Host/posix/ProcessLauncherPosixFork.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Host/posix/ProcessLauncherPosixFork.cpp
@@ -172,15 +172,26 @@ struct ForkLaunchInfo {
     ec = llvm::sys::fs::is_directory(proc_fd_path, result);
     if (result) {
       std::vector<int> files_to_close;
+      // get proc_fd_path for the process(/proc/pid/fd)
+      char path[PATH_MAX];
+      lldb::pid_t pid = getpid();
+      std::string dir_name = "/proc/" + std::to_string(pid) + "/fd";
       // Directory iterator doesn't ensure any sequence.
       for (llvm::sys::fs::directory_iterator iter(proc_fd_path, ec), file_end;
            iter != file_end && !ec; iter.increment(ec)) {
         int fd = std::stoi(iter->path().substr(proc_fd_path.size() + 1));
-
         // Don't close first three entries since they are stdin, stdout and
         // stderr.
-        if (fd > 2 && !info.has_action(fd) && fd != error_fd)
+        if (fd > 2 && !info.has_action(fd) && fd != error_fd) {
+          ssize_t len = readlink(iter->path().c_str(), path, sizeof(path) - 1);
+          if (len != -1) {
+            path[len] = '\0';
+          }
+          if (dir_name.compare(std::string(path)) == 0)
+            continue;
+
           files_to_close.push_back(fd);
+        }
       }
       for (int file_to_close : files_to_close)
         close(file_to_close);