diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/libmap.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/libmap.c
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/libmap.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/libmap.c
@@ -132,14 +132,13 @@
 
        lm_map = xmalloc(st.st_size);
        retval = read(fd, lm_map, st.st_size);
+       close(fd);
        if (retval != st.st_size) {
-               close(fd);
                free(lm_map);
                dbg("lm_parse_file: read(\"%s\") failed, %s", path,
                    rtld_strerror(errno));
                return;
        }
-       close(fd);
        p = xmalloc(sizeof(struct lmc));
        p->path = xstrdup(path);
        p->dev = st.st_dev;