diff --git a/src/redis-cli.c b/src/redis-cli.c
index 6aacecc7..9043915a 100644
--- a/src/redis-cli.c
+++ b/src/redis-cli.c
@@ -1255,6 +1255,7 @@ void cliLoadPreferences(void) {
             if (argc > 0) cliSetPreferences(argv,argc,0);
             sdsfreesplitres(argv,argc);
         }
+        fclose(fp);
     }
     sdsfree(rcfile);
 }