diff --git a/src/mraa.c b/src/mraa.c
index 5a1772f..4580829 100644
--- a/src/mraa.c
+++ b/src/mraa.c
@@ -356,12 +356,12 @@ mraa_file_contains(const char* filename, const char* content)
         size_t len = 1024;
         char* line = malloc(len);
         if (line == NULL) {
-            close(file);
+            free(file);
             return 0;
         }
         FILE* fh = fopen(file, "r");
         if (fh == NULL) {
-            close(file);
+            free(file);
             free(line);
             return 0;
         }
@@ -391,12 +391,12 @@ mraa_file_contains_both(const char* filename, const char* content, const char* c
         size_t len = 1024;
         char* line = malloc(len);
         if (line == NULL) {
-            close(file);
+            free(file);
             return 0;
         }
         FILE* fh = fopen(file, "r");
         if (fh == NULL) {
-            close(file);
+            free(file);
             free(line);
             return 0;
         }