diff --git a/util/broadcom/secimage/io.c b/util/broadcom/secimage/io.c
index c32a06dc7a..d71065c9c4 100644
--- a/util/broadcom/secimage/io.c
+++ b/util/broadcom/secimage/io.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ int DataRead(char *filename, uint8_t *buf, int *length)
 	if (fread((uint8_t *)buf, 1, len, file) != len) {
 		printf("Error reading data (%d bytes) from file: %s\n",
 		       len, filename);
+		fclose(file);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	fclose(file);