diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 5c6d1b876f2f1697cb7b09e1acab82dfd2458f71..2044e23f8f9cc572988d24d0a1da636481a79e3c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -2717,7 +2717,7 @@ doCoreDump(struct qemud_driver *driver,
 
 cleanup:
     VIR_FORCE_CLOSE(fd);
-    virFileDirectFdClose(directFd);
+    virFileDirectFdFree(directFd);
     if (ret != 0)
         unlink(path);
     return ret;