diff --git a/src/filelist.c b/src/filelist.c
index 9391ba0787024c0f8c1a07d556a8c0cbb313ef1a..47b053405f39c8ecda1f8eaf970730df9f3a0c6e 100644
--- a/src/filelist.c
+++ b/src/filelist.c
@@ -567,7 +567,8 @@ gib_list *feh_read_filelist(char *filename)
 		/* Add it to the new list */
 		list = gib_list_add_front(list, feh_file_new(s1));
 	}
-	fclose(fp);
+	if (strcmp(filename, "/dev/stdin"))
+		fclose(fp);
 
 	return(list);
 }