diff --git a/src/network/connection.c b/src/network/connection.c
index db39ce1b..578d3d25 100644
--- a/src/network/connection.c
+++ b/src/network/connection.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ close_popen(int fd)
 	foreach (pop, copiousoutput_data) {
 		if (pop->fd == fd) {
 			del_from_list(pop);
-			pclose(pop->stream);
+			fclose(pop->stream);
 			if (pop->filename) {
 				unlink(pop->filename);
 				mem_free(pop->filename);