1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
index af6b8363a2d5..f99115ebe925 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
@@ -758,8 +758,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                 /* setlinebuf(debugfile); */
         }
 
-        if (flag_reference)
+        if (flag_reference) {
                 read_reference(ref_file);
+                fclose(ref_file);
+        }
 
         yyparse();