-diff -Naur ppp-2.4.4.orig/pppd/sys-linux.c ppp-2.4.4/pppd/sys-linux.c
---- ppp-2.4.4.orig/pppd/sys-linux.c 2005-08-26 18:44:35.000000000 -0400
-+++ ppp-2.4.4/pppd/sys-linux.c 2009-05-07 15:50:00.000000000 -0400
-@@ -453,6 +453,13 @@
- if (new_style_driver) {
- int flags;
-
-+ /* if a ppp_fd is already open, close it first */
-+ if(ppp_fd > 0) {
-+ close(ppp_fd);
-+ remove_fd(ppp_fd);
-+ ppp_fd = -1;
-+ }
-+
- /* Open an instance of /dev/ppp and connect the channel to it */
- if (ioctl(fd, PPPIOCGCHAN, &chindex) == -1) {
- error("Couldn't get channel number: %m");
-diff -Naur ppp-2.4.4.orig/pppd/sys-linux.c ppp-2.4.4/pppd/sys-linux.c
---- ppp-2.4.4.orig/pppd/sys-linux.c 2005-08-26 18:44:35.000000000 -0400
-+++ ppp-2.4.4/pppd/sys-linux.c 2009-05-07 15:50:00.000000000 -0400
-@@ -453,6 +453,13 @@