diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c43de6d0bf..870e5c793e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun Nov 30 18:36:33 GMT 2008 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/xen_inotify.c: Close directory handle once done
+	processing files
+
 Fri Nov 28 16:16:54 CET 2008 Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>
 
 	Prefer xenstore driver for listDomains, since xen HV reports ghost ids
diff --git a/src/xen_inotify.c b/src/xen_inotify.c
index 110662e8ff..a7ecef0a46 100644
--- a/src/xen_inotify.c
+++ b/src/xen_inotify.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ xenInotifyOpen(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                 return -1;
             }
         }
-
+        closedir(dh);
     }
 
     if ((priv->inotifyFD = inotify_init()) < 0) {