diff --git a/reactos/base/system/services/services.c b/reactos/base/system/services/services.c
index fd19fc6c91b..300ea40eea5 100644
--- a/reactos/base/system/services/services.c
+++ b/reactos/base/system/services/services.c
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ ScmCreateNamedPipe(VOID)
             DPRINT("CreateNamedPipe() - returning FALSE\n");
             return FALSE;
         }
+
+        CloseHandle(hThread);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -316,6 +318,8 @@ StartScmNamedPipeThreadListener(VOID)
         return FALSE;
     }
 
+    CloseHandle(hThread);
+
     return TRUE;
 }