diff --git a/gunicorn/arbiter.py b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
index 12dc18be..f9c261a0 100644
--- a/gunicorn/arbiter.py
+++ b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class Arbiter(object):
         self.init_signals()
         self.listen(self.address)
         log.info("Booted Arbiter: %s" % os.getpid())
-
+                    
     def init_signals(self):
         if self.PIPE:
             map(lambda p: p.close(), self.PIPE)
@@ -246,8 +246,9 @@ class Arbiter(object):
                 continue
             
             # Process Child
+            worker_pid = os.getpid()
             try:
-                log.info("Worker %s booting" % os.getpid())
+                log.info("Worker %s booting" % worker_pid)
                 worker.run()
                 sys.exit(0)
             except SystemExit:
@@ -256,7 +257,8 @@ class Arbiter(object):
                 log.exception("Exception in worker process.")
                 sys.exit(-1)
             finally:
-                log.info("Worker %s exiting." % os.getpid())
+                worker.tmp.close()
+                log.info("Worker %s exiting." % worker_pid)
 
     def kill_workers(self, sig):
         for pid in self.WORKERS.keys():
diff --git a/gunicorn/worker.py b/gunicorn/worker.py
index 50f25c54..1eef1e22 100644
--- a/gunicorn/worker.py
+++ b/gunicorn/worker.py
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ class Worker(object):
     )
 
     def __init__(self, workerid, ppid, socket, app):
-        
         self.id = workerid
         self.ppid = ppid
         self.socket = socket
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ class Worker(object):
         spinner = 0 
         while self.alive:
             spinner = (spinner+1) % 2
-            os.fchmod(self.alive, spinner)
+            os.fchmod(self.tmp.fileno(), spinner)
                 
             while self.alive:
                 try:
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ class Worker(object):
                 # Update the fd mtime on each client completion
                 # to signal that this worker process is alive.
                 spinner = (spinner+1) % 2
-                os.fchmod(self.alive, spinner)
+                os.fchmod(self.tmp.fileno(), spinner)
 
     def handle(self, conn, client):
         req = http.HTTPRequest(conn, client, self.address)