Close file before potentially throwing

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/patchelf.cc b/src/patchelf.cc
index 946e81c..8240361 100644
--- a/src/patchelf.cc
+++ b/src/patchelf.cc
@@ -196,11 +196,11 @@ static FileContents readFile(const std::string & fileName,
     while ((portion = read(fd, contents->data() + bytesRead, size - bytesRead)) > 0)
         bytesRead += portion;
 
+    close(fd);
+
     if (bytesRead != size)
         throw SysError(fmt("reading '", fileName, "'"));
 
-    close(fd);
-
     return contents;
 }