diff --git a/tdecore/tdehw/tdestoragedevice.cpp b/tdecore/tdehw/tdestoragedevice.cpp
index e3f81fce7..a9b9ab206 100644
--- a/tdecore/tdehw/tdestoragedevice.cpp
+++ b/tdecore/tdehw/tdestoragedevice.cpp
@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ TQString TDEStorageDevice::mountPath() {
 			if ((testNode == deviceNode()) || (testNode == mappedName()) || (testNode == ("/dev/disk/by-uuid/" + diskUUID()))) {
 				TQString ret = *mountInfo.at(1);
 				ret.replace("\\040", " ");
+				file.close();
 				return ret;
 			}
 			lines += line;