diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libkernel/Equeue/src/FileEvent.cpp b/core/libs/prx/libkernel/Equeue/src/FileEvent.cpp
index eee2a8077..4540fa0c3 100644
--- a/core/libs/prx/libkernel/Equeue/src/FileEvent.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libkernel/Equeue/src/FileEvent.cpp
@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ int VnodeDescriptorError(int descriptor) {
     if (descriptor < 0) {
         return GUEST_EBADF;
     }
-    if (descriptor >= GuestSockets::FirstDescriptor) {
-        return GuestSockets::IsOpen(descriptor) ? GUEST_EINVAL : GUEST_EBADF;
+    if (GuestSockets::IsOpen(descriptor)) {
+        return GUEST_EINVAL;
     }
     if (!DescriptorIsOpen_nid_no_patch(descriptor)) {
         return GUEST_EBADF;
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ int APS5_VABI sceKernelDeleteFileEvent(KernelEqueue eq, int fd) {
     if (!EqueuePin_nid_postfix(eq)) {
         return SCE_KERNEL_ERROR_EBADF;
     }
-    if (fd < 0 || (fd >= GuestSockets::FirstDescriptor ? !GuestSockets::IsOpen(fd) : !DescriptorIsOpen_nid_no_patch(fd))) {
+    if (fd < 0 || (!GuestSockets::IsOpen(fd) && !DescriptorIsOpen_nid_no_patch(fd))) {
         return SCE_KERNEL_ERROR_EBADF;
     }
     return EqueueDeleteEvent_nid_postfix(eq, static_cast<std::uintptr_t>(fd), EVFILT_VNODE);
diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libkernel/Equeue/src/Kqueue.cpp b/core/libs/prx/libkernel/Equeue/src/Kqueue.cpp
index a60b3dbb0..169665066 100644
--- a/core/libs/prx/libkernel/Equeue/src/Kqueue.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libkernel/Equeue/src/Kqueue.cpp
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ int DescriptorFilterError(int kqueueDescriptor, std::uintptr_t ident) {
         return GUEST_EBADF;
     }
     const int descriptor = static_cast<int>(ident);
-    if (descriptor >= GuestSockets::FirstDescriptor) {
-        return GuestSockets::IsOpen(descriptor) ? 0 : GUEST_EBADF;
+    if (GuestSockets::IsOpen(descriptor)) {
+        return 0;
     }
     if (!DescriptorIsOpen_nid_no_patch(descriptor)) {
         return GUEST_EBADF;
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int AddDescriptorKnote(const KernelEqueueRef& queue, KernelEvent& change, std::u
         }
         NotImplemented_nid_no_patch("kevent: EVFILT_READ on a kqueue descriptor");
     }
-    if (descriptor < GuestSockets::FirstDescriptor) {
+    if (!GuestSockets::IsOpen(descriptor)) {
         NotImplemented_nid_no_patch(change.filter == EVFILT_READ ? "kevent: EVFILT_READ on a non-socket descriptor" : "kevent: EVFILT_WRITE on a non-socket descriptor");
     }
     if ((change.fflags & NOTE_LOWAT) != 0) {
@@ -325,10 +325,6 @@ int APS5_VABI kqueue_nid_postfix() {
         if (errno == ENFILE) return PosixFailure(GUEST_ENFILE);
         throw std::runtime_error(std::string(__func__) + ": reserving a descriptor failed, errno=" + std::to_string(errno));
     }
-    if (descriptor >= GuestSockets::FirstDescriptor) {
-        ReleaseDescriptor(descriptor);
-        throw std::runtime_error(std::string(__func__) + ": host descriptor reached the guest socket range");
-    }
     auto queue = std::make_shared<KernelEqueuePrivate>(static_cast<KernelEqueue>(descriptor), true);
     queue->SetName("kqueue");
     std::lock_guard lock(g_kqueueMutex);