diff -r ca0aa0d89273 Lib/socketserver.py
--- a/Lib/socketserver.py	Thu Sep 18 23:18:46 2014 +0100
+++ b/Lib/socketserver.py	Fri Sep 19 22:18:28 2014 +0100
@@ -439,8 +439,12 @@
         self.socket = socket.socket(self.address_family,
                                     self.socket_type)
         if bind_and_activate:
-            self.server_bind()
-            self.server_activate()
+            try:
+                self.server_bind()
+                self.server_activate()
+            except:
+                self.server_close()
+                raise
 
     def server_bind(self):
         """Called by constructor to bind the socket.
diff -r ca0aa0d89273 Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py	Thu Sep 18 23:18:46 2014 +0100
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py	Fri Sep 19 22:18:28 2014 +0100
@@ -270,6 +270,16 @@
             t.join()
             s.server_close()
 
+    def test_tcpserver_bind_leak(self):
+        # Issue #22435: the server socket wouldn't be closed if bind()/listen()
+        # failed.
+        # Create many servers for which bind() will fail, to see if this result
+        # in FD exhaustion.
+        for i in range(1024):
+            with self.assertRaises(OverflowError):
+                socketserver.TCPServer((HOST, -1),
+                                       socketserver.StreamRequestHandler)
+
 
 def test_main():
     if imp.lock_held():