diff --git a/indra/newview/llviewerassetstorage.cpp b/indra/newview/llviewerassetstorage.cpp
index 5fb99ce02f..0fcd726465 100755
--- a/indra/newview/llviewerassetstorage.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llviewerassetstorage.cpp
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ void LLViewerAssetStorage::storeAssetData(
 		{
 			// LLAssetStorage metric: Zero size
 			reportMetric( asset_id, asset_type, filename, LLUUID::null, 0, MR_ZERO_SIZE, __FILE__, __LINE__, "The file was zero length" );
+			fclose(fp); // <FS:ND/> Do not leak the file handle.
 		}
 		else
 		{