diff --git a/libs/androidfw/CursorWindow.cpp b/libs/androidfw/CursorWindow.cpp
index 5694115f61aa9..a99e77f8dbb93 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/CursorWindow.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/CursorWindow.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ status_t CursorWindow::createFromParcel(Parcel* parcel, CursorWindow** outCursor
         if (size < 0) {
             result = UNKNOWN_ERROR;
         } else {
-            int dupAshmemFd = ::dup(ashmemFd);
+            int dupAshmemFd = ::fcntl(ashmemFd, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC, 0);
             if (dupAshmemFd < 0) {
                 result = -errno;
             } else {