Index: Lib/socket.py
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--- Lib/socket.py	(revision 67439)
+++ Lib/socket.py	(working copy)
@@ -238,12 +238,12 @@
     def close(self):
         if self.closed:
             return
+        # http://bugs.python.org/issue3826 - Closed SocketIO's from makefile()
+        # should not prevent the underlying socket from being closed.
+        self._sock._decref_socketios()
         io.RawIOBase.close(self)
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        self._sock._decref_socketios()
 
-
 def getfqdn(name=''):
     """Get fully qualified domain name from name.