diff --git a/src/syscall/exec_linux.go b/src/syscall/exec_linux.go
index 23d7343d3adf8b..b7351cda82377e 100644
--- a/src/syscall/exec_linux.go
+++ b/src/syscall/exec_linux.go
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ func forkAndExecInChild1(argv0 *byte, argv, envv []*byte, chroot, dir *byte, att
 			}
 			_, _, err1 = RawSyscall(SYS_DUP3, uintptr(fd[i]), uintptr(nextfd), O_CLOEXEC)
 			if _SYS_dup != SYS_DUP3 && err1 == ENOSYS {
-				_, _, err1 = RawSyscall(_SYS_dup, uintptr(pipe), uintptr(nextfd), 0)
+				_, _, err1 = RawSyscall(_SYS_dup, uintptr(fd[i]), uintptr(nextfd), 0)
 				if err1 != 0 {
 					goto childerror
 				}