diff --git a/src/aof.c b/src/aof.c
index ae9c4bb68..7237cdfbc 100644
--- a/src/aof.c
+++ b/src/aof.c
@@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ loaded_ok: /* DB loaded, cleanup and return C_OK to the caller. */
 readerr: /* Read error. If feof(fp) is true, fall through to unexpected EOF. */
     if (!feof(fp)) {
         if (fakeClient) freeFakeClient(fakeClient); /* avoid valgrind warning */
+        fclose(fp);
         serverLog(LL_WARNING,"Unrecoverable error reading the append only file: %s", strerror(errno));
         exit(1);
     }
@@ -892,11 +893,13 @@ uxeof: /* Unexpected AOF end of file. */
         }
     }
     if (fakeClient) freeFakeClient(fakeClient); /* avoid valgrind warning */
+    fclose(fp);
     serverLog(LL_WARNING,"Unexpected end of file reading the append only file. You can: 1) Make a backup of your AOF file, then use ./redis-check-aof --fix <filename>. 2) Alternatively you can set the 'aof-load-truncated' configuration option to yes and restart the server.");
     exit(1);
 
 fmterr: /* Format error. */
     if (fakeClient) freeFakeClient(fakeClient); /* avoid valgrind warning */
+    fclose(fp);
     serverLog(LL_WARNING,"Bad file format reading the append only file: make a backup of your AOF file, then use ./redis-check-aof --fix <filename>");
     exit(1);
 }