diff --git a/uvloop/loop.pyx b/uvloop/loop.pyx
index 577d45a4..98d6b668 100644
--- a/uvloop/loop.pyx
+++ b/uvloop/loop.pyx
@@ -1869,6 +1869,7 @@ cdef class Loop:
             AddrInfo ai_local = None
             AddrInfo ai_remote
             TCPTransport tr
+            int sockfd
 
             system.addrinfo *rai = NULL
             system.addrinfo *lai = NULL
@@ -2052,8 +2053,10 @@ cdef class Loop:
             waiter = self._new_future()
             tr = TCPTransport.new(self, protocol, None, waiter, context)
             try:
+                # Take ownership of the file descriptor
+                sockfd = sock.detach()
                 # libuv will make socket non-blocking
-                tr._open(sock.fileno())
+                tr._open(sockfd)
                 tr._init_protocol()
                 await waiter
             except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
@@ -2067,8 +2070,6 @@ cdef class Loop:
                 tr._close()
                 raise
 
-            tr._attach_fileobj(sock)
-
         if ssl:
             app_transport = protocol._get_app_transport(context)
             try: