diff --git a/libraries/liblutil/ldif.c b/libraries/liblutil/ldif.c
index f3badef0b4..bb5ab7e1a1 100644
--- a/libraries/liblutil/ldif.c
+++ b/libraries/liblutil/ldif.c
@@ -866,6 +866,7 @@ ldif_read_record(
 						if ( fp2 ) {
 							LDIFFP *lnew = ber_memalloc( sizeof( LDIFFP ));
 							if ( lnew == NULL ) {
+								fclose( fp2 );
 								return 0;
 							}
 							lnew->prev = lfp->prev;