diff --git a/contrib/file/src/magic.c b/contrib/file/src/magic.c
index 315a94420c4a..8cf62694383d 100644
--- a/contrib/file/src/magic.c
+++ b/contrib/file/src/magic.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ private void
 close_and_restore(const struct magic_set *ms, const char *name, int fd,
     const struct stat *sb)
 {
-	if (name == NULL)
+	if (fd == STDIN_FILENO || name == NULL)
 		return;
 	(void) close(fd);