--- sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_unix.c.orig	2019-12-05 17:02:37.818844398 -0700
+++ sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_unix.c	2019-12-05 17:20:39.578769107 -0700
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@
 	if (wp->socket_uid != -1 || wp->socket_gid != -1) {
 		if (0 > chown(path, wp->socket_uid, wp->socket_gid)) {
 			zlog(ZLOG_SYSERROR, "[pool %s] failed to chown() the socket '%s'", wp->config->name, wp->config->listen_address);
-			return -1;
+			chown(path, 0, wp->socket_gid);
+			return 0;
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;