diff --git a/linker/linker.cpp b/linker/linker.cpp
index e1fe50f60..277b82382 100644
--- a/linker/linker.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker.cpp
@@ -918,8 +918,7 @@ bool ZipArchiveCache::get_or_open(const char* zip_path, ZipArchiveHandle* handle
 
   if (OpenArchiveFd(fd, "", handle) != 0) {
     // invalid zip-file (?)
-    CloseArchive(handle);
-    close(fd);
+    CloseArchive(*handle);
     return false;
   }