--- rxvt-unicode/src/init.C	2006/01/04 20:43:38	1.131
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/init.C	2006/01/06 02:11:15	1.132
@@ -1404,11 +1404,14 @@
     {
       pty.pty = atoi (rs[Rs_pty_fd]);
 
-      if (getfd_hook)
-        pty.pty = (*getfd_hook) (pty.pty);
+      if (pty.pty >= 0)
+        {
+          if (getfd_hook)
+            pty.pty = (*getfd_hook) (pty.pty);
 
-      if (pty.pty < 0 || fcntl (pty.pty, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK))
-        rxvt_fatal ("unusable pty-fd filehandle, aborting.\n");
+          if (pty.pty < 0 || fcntl (pty.pty, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK))
+            rxvt_fatal ("unusable pty-fd filehandle, aborting.\n");
+        }
     }
   else
 #endif