diff --git a/block/raw-posix.c b/block/raw-posix.c
index 08b997e2c0..6be20b1925 100644
--- a/block/raw-posix.c
+++ b/block/raw-posix.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static int raw_open_common(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename,
 out_free_buf:
     qemu_vfree(s->aligned_buf);
 out_close:
-    close(fd);
+    qemu_close(fd);
     return -errno;
 }
 
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static void raw_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
     BDRVRawState *s = bs->opaque;
     if (s->fd >= 0) {
-        close(s->fd);
+        qemu_close(s->fd);
         s->fd = -1;
         if (s->aligned_buf != NULL)
             qemu_vfree(s->aligned_buf);
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
         if (ftruncate(fd, total_size * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE) != 0) {
             result = -errno;
         }
-        if (close(fd) != 0) {
+        if (qemu_close(fd) != 0) {
             result = -errno;
         }
     }
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ static int hdev_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, int flags)
             if (fd < 0) {
                 bsdPath[strlen(bsdPath)-1] = '1';
             } else {
-                close(fd);
+                qemu_close(fd);
             }
             filename = bsdPath;
         }
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ static int fd_open(BlockDriverState *bs)
     last_media_present = (s->fd >= 0);
     if (s->fd >= 0 &&
         (get_clock() - s->fd_open_time) >= FD_OPEN_TIMEOUT) {
-        close(s->fd);
+        qemu_close(s->fd);
         s->fd = -1;
 #ifdef DEBUG_FLOPPY
         printf("Floppy closed\n");
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ static int hdev_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     else if (lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END) < total_size * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE)
         ret = -ENOSPC;
 
-    close(fd);
+    qemu_close(fd);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ static int floppy_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, int flags)
         return ret;
 
     /* close fd so that we can reopen it as needed */
-    close(s->fd);
+    qemu_close(s->fd);
     s->fd = -1;
     s->fd_media_changed = 1;
 
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ static int floppy_probe_device(const char *filename)
         prio = 100;
 
 outc:
-    close(fd);
+    qemu_close(fd);
 out:
     return prio;
 }
@@ -1107,14 +1107,14 @@ static void floppy_eject(BlockDriverState *bs, bool eject_flag)
     int fd;
 
     if (s->fd >= 0) {
-        close(s->fd);
+        qemu_close(s->fd);
         s->fd = -1;
     }
     fd = qemu_open(bs->filename, s->open_flags | O_NONBLOCK);
     if (fd >= 0) {
         if (ioctl(fd, FDEJECT, 0) < 0)
             perror("FDEJECT");
-        close(fd);
+        qemu_close(fd);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ static int cdrom_probe_device(const char *filename)
         prio = 100;
 
 outc:
-    close(fd);
+    qemu_close(fd);
 out:
     return prio;
 }
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ static int cdrom_reopen(BlockDriverState *bs)
      * FreeBSD seems to not notice sometimes...
      */
     if (s->fd >= 0)
-        close(s->fd);
+        qemu_close(s->fd);
     fd = qemu_open(bs->filename, s->open_flags, 0644);
     if (fd < 0) {
         s->fd = -1;
diff --git a/block/raw-win32.c b/block/raw-win32.c
index 8d7838d122..c56bf83375 100644
--- a/block/raw-win32.c
+++ b/block/raw-win32.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
         return -EIO;
     set_sparse(fd);
     ftruncate(fd, total_size * 512);
-    close(fd);
+    qemu_close(fd);
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 557dc1b2cc..daee4268be 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ static int vmdk_create_extent(const char *filename, int64_t filesize,
 
     ret = 0;
  exit:
-    close(fd);
+    qemu_close(fd);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     }
     ret = 0;
 exit:
-    close(fd);
+    qemu_close(fd);
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/block/vpc.c b/block/vpc.c
index 60ebf5a067..c0b82c4f57 100644
--- a/block/vpc.c
+++ b/block/vpc.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ static int vpc_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     }
 
  fail:
-    close(fd);
+    qemu_close(fd);
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/block/vvfat.c b/block/vvfat.c
index 22b586a21b..59d3c5b8ac 100644
--- a/block/vvfat.c
+++ b/block/vvfat.c
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ static inline void vvfat_close_current_file(BDRVVVFATState *s)
     if(s->current_mapping) {
 	s->current_mapping = NULL;
 	if (s->current_fd) {
-		close(s->current_fd);
+		qemu_close(s->current_fd);
 		s->current_fd = 0;
 	}
     }
@@ -2230,7 +2230,7 @@ static int commit_one_file(BDRVVVFATState* s,
     }
     if (offset > 0) {
         if (lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET) != offset) {
-            close(fd);
+            qemu_close(fd);
             g_free(cluster);
             return -3;
         }
@@ -2251,13 +2251,13 @@ static int commit_one_file(BDRVVVFATState* s,
 	    (uint8_t*)cluster, (rest_size + 0x1ff) / 0x200);
 
         if (ret < 0) {
-            close(fd);
+            qemu_close(fd);
             g_free(cluster);
             return ret;
         }
 
         if (write(fd, cluster, rest_size) < 0) {
-            close(fd);
+            qemu_close(fd);
             g_free(cluster);
             return -2;
         }
@@ -2268,11 +2268,11 @@ static int commit_one_file(BDRVVVFATState* s,
 
     if (ftruncate(fd, size)) {
         perror("ftruncate()");
-        close(fd);
+        qemu_close(fd);
         g_free(cluster);
         return -4;
     }
-    close(fd);
+    qemu_close(fd);
     g_free(cluster);
 
     return commit_mappings(s, first_cluster, dir_index);
diff --git a/osdep.c b/osdep.c
index c07faf546e..7f876aecd0 100644
--- a/osdep.c
+++ b/osdep.c
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ int qemu_open(const char *name, int flags, ...)
     return ret;
 }
 
+int qemu_close(int fd)
+{
+    return close(fd);
+}
+
 /*
  * A variant of write(2) which handles partial write.
  *
diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h
index 095e28d89a..b388c5cd70 100644
--- a/qemu-common.h
+++ b/qemu-common.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ const char *path(const char *pathname);
 void *qemu_oom_check(void *ptr);
 
 int qemu_open(const char *name, int flags, ...);
+int qemu_close(int fd);
 ssize_t qemu_write_full(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
     QEMU_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 ssize_t qemu_send_full(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count, int flags)
diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index 0ea10c9b66..f002bfc48d 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ static void qemu_fill_buffer(QEMUFile *f)
  *
  * Returns f->close() return value, or 0 if close function is not set.
  */
-static int qemu_close(QEMUFile *f)
+static int qemu_fclose_internal(QEMUFile *f)
 {
     int ret = 0;
     if (f->close) {
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ int qemu_fclose(QEMUFile *f)
 {
     int ret;
     qemu_fflush(f);
-    ret = qemu_close(f);
+    ret = qemu_fclose_internal(f);
     /* If any error was spotted before closing, we should report it
      * instead of the close() return value.
      */