diff --git a/libubb/physmem.c b/libubb/physmem.c
index db4de06..6be5c2f 100644
--- a/libubb/physmem.c
+++ b/libubb/physmem.c
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ int physmem_xlat(const void *v, size_t len,
 
 	while (len) {
 		if (n >= vec_len) {
-			close(fd);
 			errno = EOVERFLOW;
 			return -1;
 		}
@@ -163,7 +162,6 @@ int physmem_xlat(const void *v, size_t len,
 		vaddr += this_len;
 		len -= this_len;
 	}
-	close(fd);
 	return n;
 }