1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/engine/hw_cryptodev.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/engine/hw_cryptodev.c
index 924e379ab5..d3b186c132 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/engine/hw_cryptodev.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/engine/hw_cryptodev.c
@@ -193,8 +193,10 @@ get_dev_crypto(void)
 
         if ((fd = open_dev_crypto()) == -1)
                 return (-1);
-        if (ioctl(fd, CRIOGET, &retfd) == -1)
+        if (ioctl(fd, CRIOGET, &retfd) == -1) {
+                close(fd);
                 return (-1);
+        }
 
         /* close on exec */
         if (fcntl(retfd, F_SETFD, 1) == -1) {