diff --git a/sys/src/kern/amd64/syscall.c b/sys/src/kern/amd64/syscall.c
index 206094c..754e6ef 100644
--- a/sys/src/kern/amd64/syscall.c
+++ b/sys/src/kern/amd64/syscall.c
@@ -323,13 +323,15 @@ syscall(Syscalls scallnr, Ureg* ureg)
 		}
 		if(up->syscallq != nil){
 			qlock(&up->debug);
-			if(up->syscallq != nil){
+			if(up->syscallq != nil
+			&& !waserror()){
 				notedefer();
 				if(!waserror()){
 					qwrite(up->syscallq, str, jehanne_strlen(str));
 					poperror();
 				}
 				noteallow();
+				poperror();
 			}
 			qunlock(&up->debug);
 		}
diff --git a/sys/src/kern/port/sysfile.c b/sys/src/kern/port/sysfile.c
index 7bfd5d5..5a2e23f 100644
--- a/sys/src/kern/port/sysfile.c
+++ b/sys/src/kern/port/sysfile.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ growfd(Fgrp *f, int fd)	/* fd is always >= 0 */
 	 * Unbounded allocation is unwise
 	 */
 	if(f->nfd >= 5000){
-    Exhausted:
+Exhausted:
 		jehanne_print("no free file descriptors\n");
 		return -1;
 	}