diff --git a/src/interfaces/reader/eas3.c b/src/interfaces/reader/eas3.c
index 80c8882..28cf397 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/reader/eas3.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/reader/eas3.c
@@ -1327,7 +1327,6 @@ read_eas3(char *const filename)
       fprintf(stderr, "o##########################################################o\n"\
                       "|   ERROR: Could not open or read %-25s|\n"\
                       "o##########################################################o\n", filename);
-      fclose(fp);
       return NULL;
    }