diff --git a/src/feh_png.c b/src/feh_png.c
index f02aecbea75ac45a7d18670997d67fcc7ed65cfd..129eb45b2d62d700302ecddb24c3659e7b76528a 100644
--- a/src/feh_png.c
+++ b/src/feh_png.c
@@ -115,12 +115,15 @@ int feh_png_write_png(Imlib_Image image, char *file, ...)
 		return 0;
 
 	png_ptr = png_create_write_struct(PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-	if (!png_ptr)
+	if (!png_ptr) {
+		fclose(fp);
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	info_ptr = png_create_info_struct(png_ptr);
 	if (!info_ptr) {
 		png_destroy_write_struct(&png_ptr, (png_infopp) NULL);
+		fclose(fp);
 		return 0;
 	}