diff --git a/src/bin/e_intl.c b/src/bin/e_intl.c
index c357a78ec..a2e8d5191 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_intl.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_intl.c
@@ -1023,6 +1023,7 @@ _e_intl_imc_dir_scan(const char *dir)
 		    {
 		       imcs = evas_list_append(imcs, imc);
 		    }
+		  eet_close(imc_file);
 	       }
 	  }
 	ecore_list_destroy(files);