1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index fa44bf93e1..4118872972 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ ruby_dup(orig)
 
     fd = dup(orig);
     if (fd < 0) {
-	if (errno == EMFILE || errno == ENFILE || errno == ENOMEM) {
+	if (errno == EMFILE || errno == ENFILE) {
 	    rb_gc();
 	    fd = dup(orig);
 	}