diff --git a/src/servers/app/drawing/AccelerantHWInterface.cpp b/src/servers/app/drawing/AccelerantHWInterface.cpp
index 0450ab9718..57ee1d4329 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/drawing/AccelerantHWInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/app/drawing/AccelerantHWInterface.cpp
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ AccelerantHWInterface::_OpenGraphicsDevice(int deviceNumber)
 		}
 	}
 
+	closedir(directory);
+
 	return device;
 }