diff --git a/platform.cc b/platform.cc
index e75d33b..ca25ade 100644
--- a/platform.cc
+++ b/platform.cc
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@
   if (dir) {
     ignore_result(closedir(dir));
   } else {
-    ignore_result(HANDLE_EINTR(close(fd)));
+    ignore_result(close(fd));
   }
   if (result < 0) {
     PLOG(WARNING) << "Failed to sync " << path;