diff --git a/scripts/dtc/fstree.c b/scripts/dtc/fstree.c
index 766b2694d935..8fe1bdf239f0 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/fstree.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/fstree.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ static struct node *read_fstree(const char *dirname)
 		free(tmpnam);
 	}
 
+	closedir(d);
 	return tree;
 }