diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_evas/ecore_evas_wayland_shm.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_evas/ecore_evas_wayland_shm.c
index 8317c0ac63..58a417b18a 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_evas/ecore_evas_wayland_shm.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_evas/ecore_evas_wayland_shm.c
@@ -979,6 +979,8 @@ _ecore_evas_wl_shm_pool_create(Ecore_Evas *ee, size_t size)
    ee->engine.wl.pool_size = size;
    ee->engine.wl.pool_data = data;
    ee->engine.wl.pool = wl_shm_create_pool(shm, fd, size);
+
+   close(fd);
 }
 
 static void