diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_mount.c b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_mount.c
index 42838c97e5a4..84b716794ac3 100644
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_mount.c
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_mount.c
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ dir_is_empty_readdir(const char *dirname)
 	}
 
 	if ((dirp = fdopendir(dirfd)) == NULL) {
+		(void) close(dirfd);
 		return (B_TRUE);
 	}