diff --git a/src/fs_acl.cpp b/src/fs_acl.cpp
index 1eb590d0..1218934d 100644
--- a/src/fs_acl.cpp
+++ b/src/fs_acl.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ namespace fs
 
       rv = fs::fgetxattr(fd,POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT_XATTR,NULL,0);
 
+      fs::close(fd);
+
       return (rv != -1);
     }
   }