diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/mkregtable.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/mkregtable.c
index 0d79577c15761759f6634eb636b78c8b711989a8..607241c6a8a9a80d2f477c4dbc5da69eb7cd5952 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/mkregtable.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/mkregtable.c
@@ -661,8 +661,10 @@ static int parser_auth(struct table *t, const char *filename)
 	fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET);
 
 	/* get header */
-	if (fgets(buf, 1024, file) == NULL)
+	if (fgets(buf, 1024, file) == NULL) {
+		fclose(file);
 		return -1;
+	}
 
 	/* first line will contain the last register
 	 * and gpu name */