diff --git a/src/ctl.c b/src/ctl.c
index 789b0f1..7352f32 100644
--- a/src/ctl.c
+++ b/src/ctl.c
@@ -9,9 +9,16 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
 
+#define CTL_BIND_MAX 64
+
 int
 ctl_reply(int fd, struct ctl_msg *res, struct ctl_msg *req)
 {
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        errno = EINVAL;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     if ((send(fd, req, sizeof(struct ctl_msg), 0) == -1) ||
         (recv(fd, res, sizeof(struct ctl_msg), 0) == -1))
         return -1;
@@ -58,7 +65,7 @@ ctl_bind(int fd, const char *dir, const char *file)
     struct sockaddr_un sun;
 
     if (str_empty(file)) {
-        for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < CTL_BIND_MAX; i++) {
             if (snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), ".%i", i) >= sizeof(tmp))
                 return -1;
 
@@ -124,9 +131,9 @@ ctl_create(const char *dir, const char *file)
 }
 
 int
-ctl_connect(int fd, const char *dir, const char *file)
+ctl_connect(const char *dir, const char *file)
 {
-    if (fd < 0 || str_empty(dir)) {
+    if (str_empty(dir)) {
         errno = EINVAL;
         return -1;
     }
@@ -160,5 +167,17 @@ ctl_connect(int fd, const char *dir, const char *file)
     if (ctl_setsun(&sun, dir, file))
         return -1;
 
-    return connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&sun, sizeof(sun));
+    int fd = ctl_create(dir, NULL);
+
+    if (fd == -1)
+        return -1;
+
+    if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&sun, sizeof(sun))) {
+        int err = errno;
+        ctl_delete(fd);
+        errno = err;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return fd;
 }
diff --git a/src/ctl.h b/src/ctl.h
index fcdcd51..d0f63a6 100644
--- a/src/ctl.h
+++ b/src/ctl.h
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ struct ctl_msg {
 };
 
 int  ctl_create  (const char *, const char *);
-int  ctl_connect (int, const char *, const char *);
+int  ctl_connect (const char *, const char *);
 int  ctl_reply   (int, struct ctl_msg *, struct ctl_msg *);
 void ctl_delete  (int);
diff --git a/src/path.c b/src/path.c
index dd696f8..f583002 100644
--- a/src/path.c
+++ b/src/path.c
@@ -39,15 +39,14 @@ gt_path(int argc, char **argv)
         return 0; // TODO
     }
 
-    int fd = ctl_create("/run/" PACKAGE_NAME, NULL);
+    int fd = ctl_connect("/run/" PACKAGE_NAME, dev);
 
     if (fd == -1) {
         perror("path");
         return 1;
     }
 
-    if ((ctl_connect(fd, "/run/" PACKAGE_NAME, dev) == -1) ||
-        (ctl_reply(fd, &res, &req))) {
+    if (ctl_reply(fd, &res, &req)) {
         perror("path");
         ctl_delete(fd);
         return 1;
diff --git a/src/set.c b/src/set.c
index 4c6d31f..b83a1e3 100644
--- a/src/set.c
+++ b/src/set.c
@@ -127,19 +127,13 @@ gt_set(int argc, char **argv)
     if (argz(pathz, argc, argv))
         return 1;
 
-    int fd = ctl_create("/run/" PACKAGE_NAME, NULL);
+    int fd = ctl_connect("/run/" PACKAGE_NAME, dev);
 
     if (fd == -1) {
         perror("set");
         return 1;
     }
 
-    if (ctl_connect(fd, "/run/" PACKAGE_NAME, dev) == -1) {
-        perror("set");
-        ctl_delete(fd);
-        return 1;
-    }
-
     int ret = 0;
 
     if (argz_is_set(pathz, "mtu"))
diff --git a/src/show.c b/src/show.c
index 0722357..e75c592 100644
--- a/src/show.c
+++ b/src/show.c
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ gt_ss_addr(char *str, size_t size, struct sockaddr_storage *ss)
 static int
 gt_show_dev_status(int fd, const char *dev)
 {
-    if (ctl_connect(fd, "/run/" PACKAGE_NAME, dev) == -1)
-        return -1;
-
     struct ctl_msg res, req = {.type = CTL_STATUS};
 
     if (ctl_reply(fd, &res, &req))
@@ -89,9 +86,9 @@ gt_show_dev_status(int fd, const char *dev)
 static int
 gt_show_dev(const char *dev)
 {
-    int fd = ctl_create("/run/" PACKAGE_NAME, NULL);
+    int fd = ctl_connect("/run/" PACKAGE_NAME, dev);
 
-    if (fd < 0) {
+    if (fd == -1) {
         perror(dev);
         return -1;
     }