diff --git a/src/std/c_time.c b/src/std/c_time.c
index 00e328a1bd..e24013773f 100644
--- a/src/std/c_time.c
+++ b/src/std/c_time.c
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ int c_utimes(const char *uri, const struct timeval *times) {
     if(!SetFileTime(hFile, NULL, &LastAccessTime, &LastModificationTime)) {
         //can this happen?
         errno=ENOENT;
+	CloseHandle(hFile);
         return -1;
     }