diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fc2b2decd2..6f6479b67b 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -10903,3 +10903,6 @@
 	* include/nuttx/mtd/mtd.h:  Move MTD ioctl command definitions from
 	  include/nuttx/fs/fs.h to include/nuttx/mtd.h.  Add ioctl commands
 	  to protect and unprotect memory (2015-08-29).
+	* binfmt/builtin.c:  Fix a memory leak: File was not being closed.
+	  From Bruno Herrera (2015-08-30).
+
diff --git a/binfmt/builtin.c b/binfmt/builtin.c
index 4e6b18c9c4..537556136b 100644
--- a/binfmt/builtin.c
+++ b/binfmt/builtin.c
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ static int builtin_loadbinary(struct binary_s *binp)
     {
       int errval = get_errno();
       bdbg("ERROR: FIOC_FILENAME ioctl failed: %d\n", errval);
+      close(fd);
       return -errval;
     }
 
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ static int builtin_loadbinary(struct binary_s *binp)
     {
       int errval = get_errno();
       bdbg("ERROR: %s is not a builtin application\n", filename);
+      close(fd);
       return -errval;
 
     }
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ static int builtin_loadbinary(struct binary_s *binp)
   binp->entrypt   = b->main;
   binp->stacksize = b->stacksize;
   binp->priority  = b->priority;
+  close(fd);
   return OK;
 }