diff --git a/device/sticky_linux.go b/device/sticky_linux.go
index 594cd01..a984f24 100644
--- a/device/sticky_linux.go
+++ b/device/sticky_linux.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func (device *Device) routineRouteListener(bind conn.Bind, netlinkSock int, netl
 	var reqPeer map[uint32]peerEndpointPtr
 	var reqPeerLock sync.Mutex
 
+	defer netlinkCancel.Close()
 	defer unix.Close(netlinkSock)
 
 	for msg := make([]byte, 1<<16); ; {
diff --git a/ipc/uapi_linux.go b/ipc/uapi_linux.go
index 3213543..e03a00b 100644
--- a/ipc/uapi_linux.go
+++ b/ipc/uapi_linux.go
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ func UAPIListen(name string, file *os.File) (net.Listener, error) {
 	go func(l *UAPIListener) {
 		var buff [0]byte
 		for {
+			defer uapi.inotifyRWCancel.Close()
 			// start with lstat to avoid race condition
 			if _, err := os.Lstat(socketPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 				l.connErr <- err
diff --git a/rwcancel/rwcancel.go b/rwcancel/rwcancel.go
index 8a6300a..70eb4ca 100644
--- a/rwcancel/rwcancel.go
+++ b/rwcancel/rwcancel.go
@@ -119,3 +119,8 @@ func (rw *RWCancel) Cancel() (err error) {
 	_, err = rw.closingWriter.Write([]byte{0})
 	return
 }
+
+func (rw *RWCancel) Close() {
+	rw.closingReader.Close()
+	rw.closingWriter.Close()
+}
diff --git a/tun/tun_linux.go b/tun/tun_linux.go
index be36c69..501f3a3 100644
--- a/tun/tun_linux.go
+++ b/tun/tun_linux.go
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ func (tun *NativeTun) routineNetlinkListener() {
 		unix.Close(tun.netlinkSock)
 		tun.hackListenerClosed.Lock()
 		close(tun.events)
+		tun.netlinkCancel.Close()
 	}()
 
 	for msg := make([]byte, 1<<16); ; {