1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/trace-output.c b/trace-output.c
index 5e77fda..e2aa1bb 100644
--- a/trace-output.c
+++ b/trace-output.c
@@ -1015,8 +1015,6 @@ int tracecmd_append_cpu_data(struct tracecmd_output *handle,
  out_free:
         free(offsets);
         free(sizes);
-
-        tracecmd_output_close(handle);
         return -1;
 }
 
@@ -1087,8 +1085,10 @@ tracecmd_create_file_glob(const char *output_file,
         if (!handle)
                 return NULL;
 
-        if (tracecmd_append_cpu_data(handle, cpus, cpu_data_files) < 0)
+        if (tracecmd_append_cpu_data(handle, cpus, cpu_data_files) < 0) {
+                tracecmd_output_close(handle);
                 return NULL;
+        }
 
         return handle;
 }