diff -r 9632ececc8f4 tools/libxc/xc_linux_build.c
--- a/tools/libxc/xc_linux_build.c	Wed Aug 02 10:13:30 2006 +0100
+++ b/tools/libxc/xc_linux_build.c	Fri Aug 04 17:10:30 2006 -0400
@@ -1373,10 +1373,10 @@ int xc_linux_build(int xc_handle,
 
  error_out:
     free(image);
-    if ( fd >= 0 )
+    if ( initrd_info.type == INITRD_file && initrd_info.u.file_handle )
+        gzclose(initrd_info.u.file_handle);
+    else if ( fd >= 0 )
         close(fd);
-    if ( initrd_info.u.file_handle )
-        gzclose(initrd_info.u.file_handle);
 
     return sts;
 }