diff --git a/scripts/dump_new_kabis.py b/scripts/dump_new_kabis.py
index 19b20884c5c625a069e97aa728fd39001c65ca23..de8afba17f3cf6aee60a90bad9d73128ff623282 100755
--- a/scripts/dump_new_kabis.py
+++ b/scripts/dump_new_kabis.py
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ def get_not_in_kabi_whitelist(funcs, arch):
     kabi_file = open(kabi_file_path, 'r')
     kabis = kabi_file.readlines()
     not_in_funcs = []
+    kabi_file.close()
     for func in iter(funcs):
         if "    " + func + "\n" not in kabis:
             not_in_funcs.append(func)