reader.go | 1 -

diff --git a/reader.go b/reader.go
index 0336a2fd7388a73d584357310e6ba99d41d1231c..999bd70d5a5b781fe3b6bc8c9290f2a0b662661f 100644
--- a/reader.go
+++ b/reader.go
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ func (r *Reader) Close() error {
 	r.t.cl.mu.Lock()
 	defer r.t.cl.mu.Unlock()
 	r.t.deleteReader(r)
-	r.t = nil
 	return nil
 }