diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/pmaps/evas_image_load_pmaps.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/pmaps/evas_image_load_pmaps.c
index 2e054c3dc8..f13ffc4c26 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/pmaps/evas_image_load_pmaps.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/loaders/pmaps/evas_image_load_pmaps.c
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ pmaps_buffer_open(Pmaps_Buffer *b, const char *filename, int *error)
    if (len < 3)
      {
 	*error = EVAS_LOAD_ERROR_CORRUPT_FILE;
+        fclose(b->file);
+        b->file = NULL;
 	return EINA_FALSE;
      }