diff --git a/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_load.go b/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_load.go
index 3eea321e5..c2e01dfc2 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_load.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_load.go
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ func (c *commandFsMetaLoad) Do(args []string, commandEnv *CommandEnv, writer io.
 				err = err1
 			}
 		}()
-		defer gr.Close()
 
 		dst = gr
 	}
diff --git a/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_save.go b/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_save.go
index 28651ddbf..f5a5c280a 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_save.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_save.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (c *commandFsMetaSave) Do(args []string, commandEnv *CommandEnv, writer io.
 
 	fsMetaSaveCommand := flag.NewFlagSet(c.Name(), flag.ContinueOnError)
 	verbose := fsMetaSaveCommand.Bool("v", false, "print out each processed files")
-	outputFileName := fsMetaSaveCommand.String("o", "", "output the meta data to this file. If file name is ends with .gz or .gzip, it will be gzip compressed")
+	outputFileName := fsMetaSaveCommand.String("o", "", "output the meta data to this file. If file name ends with .gz or .gzip, it will be gzip compressed")
 	isObfuscate := fsMetaSaveCommand.Bool("obfuscate", false, "obfuscate the file names")
 	// chunksFileName := fsMetaSaveCommand.String("chunks", "", "output all the chunks to this file")
 	if err = fsMetaSaveCommand.Parse(args); err != nil {
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ func (c *commandFsMetaSave) Do(args []string, commandEnv *CommandEnv, writer io.
 				err = err1
 			}
 		}()
-		defer gw.Close()
 
 		dst = gw
 	}