diff --git a/src/frontend-common/game_list.cpp b/src/frontend-common/game_list.cpp
index d23c13505..d6317f671 100644
--- a/src/frontend-common/game_list.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend-common/game_list.cpp
@@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ void GameList::RewriteCacheFile()
         break;
       }
     }
+
+    CloseCacheFileStream();
   }
 }