diff --git a/src/pkg/net/fd.go b/src/pkg/net/fd.go
index 596cf33004e..bf0a387775d 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/fd.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/fd.go
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ import (
 // Network file descriptor.
 type netFD struct {
 	// locking/lifetime of sysfd
-	sysmu   sync.Mutex
-	sysref  int
-	
+	sysmu  sync.Mutex
+	sysref int
+
 	// must lock both sysmu and pollserver to write
 	// can lock either to read
 	closing bool
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ func (fd *netFD) decref() {
 }
 
 func (fd *netFD) Close() error {
-	pollserver.Lock()  // needed for both fd.incref(true) and pollserver.Evict
+	pollserver.Lock() // needed for both fd.incref(true) and pollserver.Evict
 	defer pollserver.Unlock()
 	if err := fd.incref(true); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/src/pkg/net/fd_windows.go b/src/pkg/net/fd_windows.go
index ee8f162120d..efd846e5d8c 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/fd_windows.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/fd_windows.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package net
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
@@ -518,7 +519,7 @@ func (o *acceptOp) Name() string {
 
 func (fd *netFD) accept(toAddr func(syscall.Sockaddr) Addr) (*netFD, error) {
 	if err := fd.incref(false); err != nil {
-		return 0, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	defer fd.decref()
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/net/sendfile_windows.go b/src/pkg/net/sendfile_windows.go
index 6f9b4a04c6c..f5a6d8804da 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/sendfile_windows.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/sendfile_windows.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func sendFile(c *netFD, r io.Reader) (written int64, err error, handled bool) {
 
 	c.wio.Lock()
 	defer c.wio.Unlock()
-	if err := c.incref(); err != nil {
+	if err := c.incref(false); err != nil {
 		return 0, err, true
 	}
 	defer c.decref()