diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
index cf156b35367985c4cf09512f7339086a1adab78d..82922f13dcd3a9c4ad3d2b412e17c3182e285128 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ int load_kallsyms(void)
 		syms[i].name = strdup(func);
 		i++;
 	}
+	fclose(f);
 	sym_cnt = i;
 	qsort(syms, sym_cnt, sizeof(struct ksym), ksym_cmp);
 	return 0;