diff --git a/src/irc/dcc/dcc-send.c b/src/irc/dcc/dcc-send.c

index 912129b..5000928 100644

--- a/src/irc/dcc/dcc-send.c

+++ b/src/irc/dcc/dcc-send.c

@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ static int dcc_send_one_file(int queue, const char *target, const char *fname,

 	g_free(str);

 	if (dcc == NULL) {

 		g_warn_if_reached();

+		close(hfile);

 		return FALSE;

 	}