diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/sendfile/sendfile03.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/sendfile/sendfile03.c
index 4ea3af2..d428a69 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/sendfile/sendfile03.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/sendfile/sendfile03.c
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@
 	 * print timing stats if that option was specified.
 	 * print errno log if that option was specified.
 	 */
+    close(out_fd);
+
 	TEST_CLEANUP;
 
 	/* delete the test directory created in setup() */