diff --git a/src/Pipe.cc b/src/Pipe.cc
index 9957e25dce..f388366c5d 100644
--- a/src/Pipe.cc
+++ b/src/Pipe.cc
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ Pipe::Pipe(int flags0, int flags1, int status_flags0, int status_flags1,
 			pipe_fail(errno);
 		}
 
-	flags[0] = set_flags(fds[0], flags[0]);
-	flags[1] = set_flags(fds[1], flags[1]);
+	flags[0] = set_flags(fds[0], flags0);
+	flags[1] = set_flags(fds[1], flags1);
 	status_flags[0] = set_status_flags(fds[0], status_flags0);
 	status_flags[1] = set_status_flags(fds[1], status_flags1);
 	}