diff --git a/dlls/kernel/comm.c b/dlls/kernel/comm.c
index 036e7860dd7..e6468422f79 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel/comm.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel/comm.c
@@ -1567,6 +1567,7 @@ BOOL WINAPI SetCommTimeouts(
 
     if (-1==tcgetattr(fd,&tios)) {
         FIXME("tcgetattr on fd %d failed!\n",fd);
+        close(fd);
         return FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -1591,6 +1592,7 @@ BOOL WINAPI SetCommTimeouts(
 
     if (-1==tcsetattr(fd,0,&tios)) {
         FIXME("tcsetattr on fd %d failed!\n",fd);
+        close(fd);
         return FALSE;
     }
     close(fd);
@@ -1760,12 +1762,6 @@ BOOL WINAPI WaitCommEvent(
 
     COMM_WaitCommEvent(hFile, lpdwEvents, &ov);
 
-    if(GetLastError()!=STATUS_PENDING)
-    {
-        CloseHandle(ov.hEvent);
-        return FALSE;
-    }
-
     /* wait for the overlapped to complete */
     ret = GetOverlappedResult(hFile, &ov, NULL, TRUE);
     CloseHandle(ov.hEvent);