src/nnn.c | 5 +++--

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 341a78e26682c952ab623728fe04b89a97e96df4..1023e166a4d11e343e70112409b5e04eee1703a3 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -1363,8 +1363,9 @@ 		if (fd == -1 && errno != EEXIST) {
 			DPRINTF_S("open fail");
 			DPRINTF_S(strerror(errno));
 			return FALSE;
-		} else
-			close(fd);
+		}
+
+		close(fd);
 	}
 
 	return TRUE;