diff --git a/main/file.c b/main/file.c
index 9729431afc..ee9d5d9fa2 100644
--- a/main/file.c
+++ b/main/file.c
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ static int ast_filehelper(const char *filename, const void *arg2, const char *fm
 					continue;
 				}
 				if (open_wrapper(s)) {
-					fclose(bfile);
 					ast_free(fn);
 					ast_closestream(s);
 					continue;	/* cannot run open on file */