diff --git a/Source/kwsys/EncodeExecutable.c b/Source/kwsys/EncodeExecutable.c
index ba474b89c..bc30568ff 100644
--- a/Source/kwsys/EncodeExecutable.c
+++ b/Source/kwsys/EncodeExecutable.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
   if(!ofp)
     {
     fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open output file: \"%s\"\n", argv[2]);
+    fclose(ifp);
     return 2;
     }