diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-06-23-15-32-02.bpo-33451.sWN-1l.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-06-23-15-32-02.bpo-33451.sWN-1l.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..202fb38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-06-23-15-32-02.bpo-33451.sWN-1l.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Close directly executed pyc files before calling ``PyEval_EvalCode()``.
diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index 3d40c79..5cf7c33 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@
             goto done;
         }
         v = run_pyc_file(pyc_fp, filename, d, d, flags);
-        fclose(pyc_fp);
     } else {
         /* When running from stdin, leave __main__.__loader__ alone */
         if (strcmp(filename, "<stdin>") != 0 &&
@@ -1051,28 +1050,32 @@
         if (!PyErr_Occurred())
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
                        "Bad magic number in .pyc file");
-        return NULL;
+        goto error;
     }
     /* Skip the rest of the header. */
     (void) PyMarshal_ReadLongFromFile(fp);
     (void) PyMarshal_ReadLongFromFile(fp);
     (void) PyMarshal_ReadLongFromFile(fp);
-    if (PyErr_Occurred())
-        return NULL;
-
+    if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
+        goto error;
+    }
     v = PyMarshal_ReadLastObjectFromFile(fp);
     if (v == NULL || !PyCode_Check(v)) {
         Py_XDECREF(v);
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
                    "Bad code object in .pyc file");
-        return NULL;
+        goto error;
     }
+    fclose(fp);
     co = (PyCodeObject *)v;
     v = PyEval_EvalCode((PyObject*)co, globals, locals);
     if (v && flags)
         flags->cf_flags |= (co->co_flags & PyCF_MASK);
     Py_DECREF(co);
     return v;
+error:
+    fclose(fp);
+    return NULL;
 }
 
 PyObject *