diff --git a/src/common/Collision/Maps/TileAssembler.cpp b/src/common/Collision/Maps/TileAssembler.cpp
index 955c3959c..c34fa3828 100644
--- a/src/common/Collision/Maps/TileAssembler.cpp
+++ b/src/common/Collision/Maps/TileAssembler.cpp
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ namespace VMAP
         char ident[8];
         if (fread(ident, 1, 8, model_list) != 8 || memcmp(ident, VMAP::RAW_VMAP_MAGIC, 8) != 0)
         {
+            fclose(model_list);
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/common/Collision/Models/GameObjectModel.cpp b/src/common/Collision/Models/GameObjectModel.cpp
index eb4f58b8e..13c9d1c3f 100644
--- a/src/common/Collision/Models/GameObjectModel.cpp
+++ b/src/common/Collision/Models/GameObjectModel.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ void LoadGameObjectModelList(std::string const& dataPath)
     if (fread(magic, 1, 8, model_list_file) != 8 || memcmp(magic, VMAP::VMAP_MAGIC, 8) != 0)
     {
         LOG_ERROR("maps", "File '{}' has wrong header, expected {}.", VMAP::GAMEOBJECT_MODELS, VMAP::VMAP_MAGIC);
+        fclose(model_list_file);
         return;
     }