diff --git a/Monitor.c b/Monitor.c
index 4adc237..802a9d9 100644
--- a/Monitor.c
+++ b/Monitor.c
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ int Monitor(struct mddev_dev *devlist,
 		if (mdstat)
 			free_mdstat(mdstat);
 		mdstat = mdstat_read(oneshot?0:1, 0);
+		if (!mdstat)
+			mdstat_close();
 
 		for (st=statelist; st; st=st->next)
 			if (check_array(st, mdstat, c->test, &info,
diff --git a/mdstat.c b/mdstat.c
index 2972cdf..3962896 100644
--- a/mdstat.c
+++ b/mdstat.c
@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@ struct mdstat_ent *mdstat_read(int hold, int start)
 	int fd;
 
 	if (hold && mdstat_fd != -1) {
-		lseek(mdstat_fd, 0L, 0);
+		off_t offset = lseek(mdstat_fd, 0L, 0);
+		if (offset == (off_t)-1) {
+			mdstat_close();
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		fd = dup(mdstat_fd);
 		if (fd >= 0)
 			f = fdopen(fd, "r");