diff --git a/rtengine/dcp.cc b/rtengine/dcp.cc
index 940b3c0c0..524ecf8af 100644
--- a/rtengine/dcp.cc
+++ b/rtengine/dcp.cc
@@ -1134,6 +1134,7 @@ DCPProfile::DCPProfile(const Glib::ustring& filename) :
     DCPMetadata md(file);
     if (!md.parse()) {
         printf ("Unable to load DCP profile '%s'.", filename.c_str());
+        fclose(file);
         return;
     }