diff --git a/lib/vhost/fd_man.c b/lib/vhost/fd_man.c
index 87a8dc3f3e3..9bc7e50b93f 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/fd_man.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/fd_man.c
@@ -256,9 +256,14 @@ fdset_add(struct fdset *pfdset, int fd, fd_cb rcb, fd_cb wcb, void *dat)
 static void
 fdset_del_locked(struct fdset *pfdset, struct fdentry *pfdentry)
 {
-	if (epoll_ctl(pfdset->epfd, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, pfdentry->fd, NULL) == -1)
-		VHOST_FDMAN_LOG(ERR, "could not remove %d fd from %d epfd: %s",
-			pfdentry->fd, pfdset->epfd, strerror(errno));
+	if (epoll_ctl(pfdset->epfd, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, pfdentry->fd, NULL) == -1) {
+		if (errno == EBADF) /* File might have already been closed. */
+			VHOST_FDMAN_LOG(DEBUG, "could not remove %d fd from %d epfd: %s",
+				pfdentry->fd, pfdset->epfd, strerror(errno));
+		else
+			VHOST_FDMAN_LOG(ERR, "could not remove %d fd from %d epfd: %s",
+				pfdentry->fd, pfdset->epfd, strerror(errno));
+	}
 
 	fdset_remove_entry(pfdset, pfdentry);
 }