1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/examples/fileserver_example_external_select.c b/src/examples/fileserver_example_external_select.c
index 705d4b0b..f3f19206 100644
--- a/src/examples/fileserver_example_external_select.c
+++ b/src/examples/fileserver_example_external_select.c
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ ahc_echo (void *cls,
     {
       fd = fileno (file);
       if (-1 == fd)
-        return MHD_NO; /* internal error */
+        {
+          (void) fclose (file);
+          return MHD_NO; /* internal error */
+        }
       if ( (0 != fstat (fd, &buf)) ||
            (! S_ISREG (buf.st_mode)) )
         {