diff --git a/src/basic/copy.c b/src/basic/copy.c
index 97d566c5b93..b384010ae32 100644
--- a/src/basic/copy.c
+++ b/src/basic/copy.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "copy.h"
 #include "dirent-util.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
+#include "fileio.h"
 #include "fs-util.h"
 #include "io-util.h"
 #include "macro.h"
@@ -569,10 +570,9 @@ static int fd_copy_directory(
         if (fdf < 0)
                 return -errno;
 
-        d = fdopendir(fdf);
+        d = take_fdopendir(&fdf);
         if (!d)
                 return -errno;
-        fdf = -1;
 
         exists = false;
         if (copy_flags & COPY_MERGE_EMPTY) {
diff --git a/src/basic/stat-util.c b/src/basic/stat-util.c
index 8ef90e96b7e..5412ccbf7df 100644
--- a/src/basic/stat-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/stat-util.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "alloc-util.h"
 #include "dirent-util.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
+#include "fileio.h"
 #include "fs-util.h"
 #include "macro.h"
 #include "missing_fs.h"
@@ -77,10 +78,9 @@ int dir_is_empty_at(int dir_fd, const char *path) {
         if (fd < 0)
                 return -errno;
 
-        d = fdopendir(fd);
+        d = take_fdopendir(&fd);
         if (!d)
                 return -errno;
-        fd = -1;
 
         FOREACH_DIRENT(de, d, return -errno)
                 return 0;
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn-patch-uid.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn-patch-uid.c
index fc591e27253..112c3562ace 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn-patch-uid.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn-patch-uid.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "acl-util.h"
 #include "dirent-util.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
+#include "fileio.h"
 #include "fs-util.h"
 #include "missing_magic.h"
 #include "nspawn-def.h"
@@ -335,12 +336,11 @@ static int recurse_fd(int fd, bool donate_fd, const struct stat *st, uid_t shift
                         donate_fd = true;
                 }
 
-                d = fdopendir(fd);
+                d = take_fdopendir(&fd);
                 if (!d) {
                         r = -errno;
                         goto finish;
                 }
-                fd = -1;
 
                 FOREACH_DIRENT_ALL(de, d, r = -errno; goto finish) {
                         struct stat fst;