diff -up lxml-3.2.1/src/lxml/iterparse.pxi.orig lxml-3.2.1/src/lxml/iterparse.pxi

--- lxml-3.2.1/src/lxml/iterparse.pxi.orig	2013-03-29 21:50:04.000000000 +0100

+++ lxml-3.2.1/src/lxml/iterparse.pxi	2013-07-11 17:33:02.859572207 +0200

@@ -457,7 +457,10 @@ cdef class iterparse(_BaseParser):

         return context

     cdef _close_source(self):

-        if self._source is None or not self._close_source_after_read:

+        if self._source is None:

+            return

+        if not self._close_source_after_read:

+            self._source = None 

             return

         try:

             close = self._source.close