1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ext/socket/socket.c b/ext/socket/socket.c
index c780d77cf6..c974aafe55 100644
--- a/ext/socket/socket.c
+++ b/ext/socket/socket.c
@@ -391,18 +391,17 @@ sock_connect(VALUE sock, VALUE addr)
 {
     VALUE rai;
     rb_io_t *fptr;
-    int fd, n;
 
     SockAddrStringValueWithAddrinfo(addr, rai);
     addr = rb_str_new4(addr);
     GetOpenFile(sock, fptr);
-    fd = fptr->fd;
-    n = rsock_connect(fd, (struct sockaddr*)RSTRING_PTR(addr), RSTRING_SOCKLEN(addr), 0, NULL);
-    if (n < 0) {
+
+    int result = rsock_connect(sock, (struct sockaddr*)RSTRING_PTR(addr), RSTRING_SOCKLEN(addr), 0, NULL);
+    if (result < 0) {
         rsock_sys_fail_raddrinfo_or_sockaddr("connect(2)", addr, rai);
     }
 
-    return INT2FIX(n);
+    return INT2FIX(result);
 }
 
 /* :nodoc: */