diff --git a/src/modules/ecore_evas/engines/extn/ecore_evas_extn_buf.c b/src/modules/ecore_evas/engines/extn/ecore_evas_extn_buf.c
index 017cf33f72..31f83dce5b 100644
--- a/src/modules/ecore_evas/engines/extn/ecore_evas_extn_buf.c
+++ b/src/modules/ecore_evas/engines/extn/ecore_evas_extn_buf.c
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ _extnbuf_lock_file_set(Extnbuf *b, const char *file)
    if (b->am_owner) return EINA_FALSE;
    if (b->lock) eina_stringshare_del(b->lock);
    if (b->lockfd >= 0) close(b->lockfd);
+   b->lockfd = -1;
    if (!file)
      {
         b->lock = NULL;