diff --git a/Xext/shm.c b/Xext/shm.c
index 0deb9a945..071bd1a41 100644
--- a/Xext/shm.c
+++ b/Xext/shm.c
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ shm_tmpfile(void)
         int flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD);
         if (flags != -1) {
             flags |= FD_CLOEXEC;
-            (void) fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, &flags);
+            (void) fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, flags);
         }
 #endif
         return fd;
diff --git a/os/inputthread.c b/os/inputthread.c
index 361d96efa..3469cfc1c 100644
--- a/os/inputthread.c
+++ b/os/inputthread.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ InputThreadPreInit(void)
     flags = fcntl(inputThreadInfo->readPipe, F_GETFD);
     if (flags != -1) {
         flags |= FD_CLOEXEC;
-        (void)fcntl(inputThreadInfo->readPipe, F_SETFD, &flags);
+        (void)fcntl(inputThreadInfo->readPipe, F_SETFD, flags);
     }
     SetNotifyFd(inputThreadInfo->readPipe, InputThreadNotifyPipe, X_NOTIFY_READ, NULL);
 
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ InputThreadPreInit(void)
     flags = fcntl(hotplugPipeRead, F_GETFD);
     if (flags != -1) {
         flags |= FD_CLOEXEC;
-        (void)fcntl(hotplugPipeRead, F_SETFD, &flags);
+        (void)fcntl(hotplugPipeRead, F_SETFD, flags);
     }
     hotplugPipeWrite = hotplugPipe[1];