diff --git a/arch/mips/tools/elf-entry.c b/arch/mips/tools/elf-entry.c
index adde79ce7fc0..dbd14ff05b4c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/tools/elf-entry.c
+++ b/arch/mips/tools/elf-entry.c
@@ -51,11 +51,14 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 	nread = fread(&hdr, 1, sizeof(hdr), file);
 	if (nread != sizeof(hdr)) {
 		perror("Unable to read input file");
+		fclose(file);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
-	if (memcmp(hdr.ehdr32.e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG))
+	if (memcmp(hdr.ehdr32.e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG)) {
+		fclose(file);
 		die("Input is not an ELF\n");
+	}
 
 	switch (hdr.ehdr32.e_ident[EI_CLASS]) {
 	case ELFCLASS32:
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 			entry = be32toh(hdr.ehdr32.e_entry);
 			break;
 		default:
+			fclose(file);
 			die("Invalid ELF encoding\n");
 		}
 
@@ -83,14 +87,17 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 			entry = be64toh(hdr.ehdr64.e_entry);
 			break;
 		default:
+			fclose(file);
 			die("Invalid ELF encoding\n");
 		}
 		break;
 
 	default:
+		fclose(file);
 		die("Invalid ELF class\n");
 	}
 
 	printf("0x%016" PRIx64 "\n", entry);
+	fclose(file);
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }