diff --git a/qahw_api/test/qahw_playback_test.c b/qahw_api/test/qahw_playback_test.c
index af3cc576..253d59e7 100644
--- a/qahw_api/test/qahw_playback_test.c
+++ b/qahw_api/test/qahw_playback_test.c
@@ -1228,7 +1228,6 @@ int measure_kpi_values(qahw_stream_handle_t* out_handle, bool is_offload) {
 
     char latency_buf[200] = {0};
     fread((void *) latency_buf, 100, 1, fd_latency_node);
-    fclose(fd_latency_node);
     sscanf(latency_buf, " %llu,%llu,%*llu,%*llu,%llu,%llu", &scold, &uscold, &scont, &uscont);
     tcold = scold*1000 - ((uint64_t)ts_cold.tv_sec)*1000 + uscold/1000 - ((uint64_t)ts_cold.tv_nsec)/1000000;
     tcont = scont*1000 - ((uint64_t)ts_cont.tv_sec)*1000 + uscont/1000 - ((uint64_t)ts_cont.tv_nsec)/1000000;