diff --git a/librb/include/rb_commio.h b/librb/include/rb_commio.h
index 7e95b572..dde5ca9c 100644
--- a/librb/include/rb_commio.h
+++ b/librb/include/rb_commio.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ rb_fde_t *rb_open(int, uint8_t, const char *);
 void rb_close(rb_fde_t *);
 void rb_dump_fd(DUMPCB *, void *xdata);
 void rb_note(rb_fde_t *, const char *);
+void rb_close_pending_fds(void);
 
 /* Type of IO */
 #define	RB_SELECT_READ		0x1
diff --git a/librb/src/commio.c b/librb/src/commio.c
index 83ca3ed1..a4114248 100644
--- a/librb/src/commio.c
+++ b/librb/src/commio.c
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ remove_fd(rb_fde_t *F)
 	rb_dlinkMoveNode(&F->node, &rb_fd_table[rb_hash_fd(F->fd)], &closed_list);
 }
 
-static void
-free_fds(void)
+void
+rb_close_pending_fds(void)
 {
 	rb_fde_t *F;
 	rb_dlink_node *ptr, *next;
@@ -2239,7 +2239,7 @@ int
 rb_select(unsigned long timeout)
 {
 	int ret = select_handler(timeout);
-	free_fds();
+	rb_close_pending_fds();
 	return ret;
 }