diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_hdr.cpp b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_hdr.cpp
index 3a18b5bbeb..c9fec94aa3 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_hdr.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_hdr.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ HdrDecoder::HdrDecoder()
 
 HdrDecoder::~HdrDecoder()
 {
+    if(file) {
+        fclose(file);
+    }
 }
 
 size_t HdrDecoder::signatureLength() const