diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.cpp
index 8e85c0a8c02..ee1f0a3b081 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.cpp
@@ -1551,6 +1551,7 @@ void os::read_image_release_file() {
   fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END);
   long sz = ftell(file);
   if (sz == -1) {
+    fclose(file);
     return;
   }
   fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET);