diff --git a/kernel/branches/net/kernel.asm b/kernel/branches/net/kernel.asm
index bc65946dec..4240a70fb3 100644
--- a/kernel/branches/net/kernel.asm
+++ b/kernel/branches/net/kernel.asm
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ $Revision $
 USE_COM_IRQ     equ 1      ; make irq 3 and irq 4 available for PCI devices
 
 ; Enabling the next line will enable serial output console
-debug_com_base  equ 0x2f8  ; 0x3f8 is com1, 0x2f8 is com2, 0x3e8 is com3, 0x2e8 is com4, no irq's are used
+;debug_com_base  equ 0x2f8  ; 0x3f8 is com1, 0x2f8 is com2, 0x3e8 is com3, 0x2e8 is com4, no irq's are used
 
 include "proc32.inc"
 include "kglobals.inc"
@@ -1928,6 +1928,13 @@ sys_end:
         call    restore_default_cursor_before_killing
         popa
 @@:
+;--------------------------------------
+; kill all sockets this process owns
+        pusha
+        mov     edx, [TASK_BASE]
+        mov     edx, [edx+TASKDATA.pid]
+        call    SOCKET_process_end
+        popa
 ;--------------------------------------
         mov     ecx, [current_slot]
         mov     eax, [ecx+APPDATA.tls_base]