diff --git a/core/jni/android_server_BluetoothEventLoop.cpp b/core/jni/android_server_BluetoothEventLoop.cpp
index d2e94546cbafe..fdc97eeb889e9 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_server_BluetoothEventLoop.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_server_BluetoothEventLoop.cpp
@@ -564,7 +564,10 @@ static void *eventLoopMain(void *ptr) {
                                 NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
                         tearDownEventLoop(nat);
                         nat->vm->DetachCurrentThread();
-                        shutdown(nat->controlFdR,SHUT_RDWR);
+
+                        int fd = nat->controlFdR;
+                        nat->controlFdR = 0;
+                        close(fd);
                         return NULL;
                     }
                     case EVENT_LOOP_ADD:
@@ -653,9 +656,12 @@ static jboolean startEventLoopNative(JNIEnv *env, jobject object) {
 
 done:
     if (JNI_FALSE == result) {
-        if (nat->controlFdW || nat->controlFdR) {
-            shutdown(nat->controlFdW, SHUT_RDWR);
+        if (nat->controlFdW) {
+            close(nat->controlFdW);
             nat->controlFdW = 0;
+        }
+        if (nat->controlFdR) {
+            close(nat->controlFdR);
             nat->controlFdR = 0;
         }
         if (nat->me) env->DeleteGlobalRef(nat->me);
@@ -692,9 +698,10 @@ static void stopEventLoopNative(JNIEnv *env, jobject object) {
         nat->watchData = NULL;
         nat->pollDataSize = 0;
         nat->pollMemberCount = 0;
-        shutdown(nat->controlFdW, SHUT_RDWR);
+
+        int fd = nat->controlFdW;
         nat->controlFdW = 0;
-        nat->controlFdR = 0;
+        close(fd);
     }
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&(nat->thread_mutex));
 #endif // HAVE_BLUETOOTH