diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 6e3348d20..5357d5273 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-10-09  Peter Rosin  <peda@lysator.liu.se>
+
+	* libc/posix/wordexp.c (wordexp): Don't leak file streams.
+
 2012-10-03  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/machine/rl78/setjmp.S: Convert from CPP macros to GAS
diff --git a/newlib/libc/posix/wordexp.c b/newlib/libc/posix/wordexp.c
index bfdb63fd0..a5a97dbdd 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/posix/wordexp.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/posix/wordexp.c
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ wordexp(const char *words, wordexp_t *pwordexp, int flags)
       pwordexp->we_wordv[pwordexp->we_wordc + offs + i] = NULL;
       pwordexp->we_wordc += num_words;
 
-      close(fd[0]);
-      close(fd_err[0]);
+      fclose(f);
+      fclose(f_err);
 
       /* Wait for child to finish. */
       waitpid (pid, NULL, 0);