diff --git a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_xdg/pam_xdg.c b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_xdg/pam_xdg.c
index f1a9b13d581c..4d586a21566a 100644
--- a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_xdg/pam_xdg.c
+++ b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_xdg/pam_xdg.c
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ remove_dir(int fd)
 		}
 		unlinkat(fd, dp->d_name, 0);
 	}
+	closedir(dirp);
 
 	return (0);
 }