diff --git a/src/util/virnuma.c b/src/util/virnuma.c
index f6354c9d89..27b6ecb9a7 100644
--- a/src/util/virnuma.c
+++ b/src/util/virnuma.c
@@ -843,7 +843,8 @@ virNumaGetPages(int node,
     VIR_FREE(tmp_free);
     VIR_FREE(tmp_avail);
     VIR_FREE(tmp_size);
-    closedir(dir);
+    if (dir)
+        closedir(dir);
     VIR_FREE(path);
     return ret;
 }