diff --git a/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.c b/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.c
index 974150d81fc..4e8ac1adf43 100644
--- a/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.c
+++ b/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.c
@@ -370,10 +370,12 @@ readboot(void)
 		p[60] = (st.st_size + secsize - 1) / secsize;
 		p[61] = 1;
 		p[62] = 0;
+		close(fd);
 		return;
 	} else if ((!alphacksum) && st.st_size <= BBSIZE) {
 		if (read(fd, bootarea, st.st_size) != st.st_size)
 			err(1, "read error %s", xxboot);
+		close(fd);
 		return;
 	}
 	errx(1, "boot code %s is wrong size", xxboot);