1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index c9174fe555..1261b98331 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -2663,9 +2663,7 @@ Perl_my_pclose(pTHX_ PerlIO *ptr)
     LOCK_FDPID_MUTEX;
     svp = av_fetch(PL_fdpid,PerlIO_fileno(ptr),TRUE);
     UNLOCK_FDPID_MUTEX;
-    pid = SvIV(*svp);
-    if (!pid)
-        return 0;
+    pid = SvIVX(*svp);
     SvREFCNT_dec(*svp);
     *svp = &PL_sv_undef;
 #ifdef OS2