diff --git a/client/common/file.c b/client/common/file.c
index a1ec5a362..01028410c 100644
--- a/client/common/file.c
+++ b/client/common/file.c
@@ -456,7 +456,10 @@ BOOL freerdp_client_parse_rdp_file(rdpFile* file, const char* name)
 	fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
 
 	if (file_size < 1)
+	{
+		fclose(fp);
 		return FALSE;
+	}
 
 	buffer = (BYTE*) malloc(file_size + 2);
 	read_size = fread(buffer, file_size, 1, fp);
@@ -466,6 +469,7 @@ BOOL freerdp_client_parse_rdp_file(rdpFile* file, const char* name)
 		if (!ferror(fp))
 			read_size = file_size;
 	}
+	fclose(fp);
 
 	if (read_size < 1)
 	{