diff --git a/usr.sbin/fwcontrol/fwcontrol.c b/usr.sbin/fwcontrol/fwcontrol.c
index 509d25d59fc..6aa365a3a61 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/fwcontrol/fwcontrol.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/fwcontrol/fwcontrol.c
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ load_crom(char *filename, u_int32_t *p)
 			p, p+1, p+2, p+3, p+4, p+5, p+6, p+7);
 		p += 8;
 	}
+	fclose(file);
 }
 
 static void