diff --git a/desmume/src/NDSSystem.cpp b/desmume/src/NDSSystem.cpp
index 69bc98496..179550ecb 100644
--- a/desmume/src/NDSSystem.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/NDSSystem.cpp
@@ -860,6 +860,13 @@ void MovieSRAM()
 		strcat(buf, "movie");
 	}
 
+	if (MMU.bupmem.fp)
+	{
+		fclose(MMU.bupmem.fp);
+		MMU.bupmem.fp = NULL;
+	}
+
+
 	mc_realloc(&MMU.bupmem, bmtype, bmsize);
 	mc_load_file(&MMU.bupmem, buf);
 }
@@ -886,12 +893,6 @@ void NDS_Reset(BOOL resetBySavestate)
 
 	if (!header) return ;
 
-	if (MMU.bupmem.fp)
-	{
-		fclose(MMU.bupmem.fp);
-		MMU.bupmem.fp = NULL;
-	}
-
 	lagframecounter=0;
 	LagFrameFlag=0;
 	lastLag=0;