1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/instance.cpp b/src/mongo/db/instance.cpp
index 257193b53c9..c34daf48d6b 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/instance.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/instance.cpp
@@ -1163,6 +1163,7 @@ static void shutdownServer() {
     /* must do this before unmapping mem or you may get a seg fault */
     log(LogComponent::kNetwork) << "shutdown: going to close sockets..." << endl;
     stdx::thread close_socket_thread(stdx::bind(MessagingPort::closeAllSockets, 0));
+    close_socket_thread.detach();
 
     getGlobalServiceContext()->shutdownGlobalStorageEngineCleanly();
 }