diff --git a/channels.c b/channels.c

--- a/channels.c

+++ b/channels.c

@@ -3933,16 +3933,26 @@ x11_create_display_inet(int x11_display_

 			if (ai->ai_family == AF_INET6)

 				sock_set_v6only(sock);

 			if (x11_use_localhost)

 				set_reuseaddr(sock);

 			if (bind(sock, ai->ai_addr, ai->ai_addrlen) == -1) {

 				debug2("%s: bind port %d: %.100s", __func__,

 				    port, strerror(errno));

 				close(sock);

+

+				/* do not remove successfully opened

+				 * sockets if the request failed because

+				 * the protocol IPv4/6 is not available

+				 * (e.g. IPv6 may be disabled while being

+				 * supported)

+				 */

+				if (EADDRNOTAVAIL == errno)

+    					continue;

+

 				for (n = 0; n < num_socks; n++)

 					close(socks[n]);

 				num_socks = 0;

 				break;

 			}

 			socks[num_socks++] = sock;

 			if (num_socks == NUM_SOCKS)

 				break;