diff --git a/lib/libfetch/ftp.c b/lib/libfetch/ftp.c
index f21aac4f24f..6d7a81c8935 100644
--- a/lib/libfetch/ftp.c
+++ b/lib/libfetch/ftp.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,6 @@ fetchStatFTP(struct url *url, struct url_stat *us, const char *flags)
 	f = _ftp_request(url, "STAT", us, _ftp_get_proxy(flags), flags);
 	if (f == NULL)
 		return (-1);
-	fclose(f);
 	return (0);
 }