diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 7a8fad0e40..9998674635 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -599,3 +599,9 @@ David  Jan 15 2008
             create_profile.php
     lib/
         filesys.C
+
+David  Jan 15 2008
+    - API: fix to zip code (from Carl C)
+
+    zip/zip/
+        z_fileio.c
diff --git a/zip/zip/z_fileio.c b/zip/zip/z_fileio.c
index 0e92665453..b6aefaef79 100644
--- a/zip/zip/z_fileio.c
+++ b/zip/zip/z_fileio.c
@@ -862,10 +862,13 @@ char *zip;              /* path name of zip file to generate temp name for */
 #ifdef _WIN32
   return mktemp(t);
 #else
-  if (mkstemp(t))
-    return t;
-  else
-    return NULL;
+    int fd = mkstemp(t);
+    if (fd) {
+        close(fd);
+        return t;
+    } else {
+        return NULL; 
+    }
 #endif /* MKSTEMP */
 #endif /* NO_MKTEMP */
 #endif /* TANDEM */