diff --git a/hw/xbox/chihiro.c b/hw/xbox/chihiro.c
index 9ee7285186..4ff0affe61 100644
--- a/hw/xbox/chihiro.c
+++ b/hw/xbox/chihiro.c
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ static void chihiro_ide_interface_init(const char *rom_file,
         assert(fd != -1);
         rc = read(fd, memory_region_get_ram_ptr(rom), rom_size);
         assert(rc == rom_size);
+        close(fd);
     }
 
 
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ static void chihiro_ide_interface_init(const char *rom_file,
         assert(fd != -1);
         rc = read(fd, memory_region_get_ram_ptr(rom), filesystem_size);
         assert(rc == filesystem_size);
+        close(fd);
     }
 
     /* create the device */
@@ -280,4 +282,4 @@ static QEMUMachine chihiro_machine = {
 static void chihiro_machine_init(void) {
     qemu_register_machine(&chihiro_machine);
 }
-machine_init(chihiro_machine_init);
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+machine_init(chihiro_machine_init);