diff --git a/libfec/fec_open.cpp b/libfec/fec_open.cpp
index 45e0c26..7b4a5a0 100644
--- a/libfec/fec_open.cpp
+++ b/libfec/fec_open.cpp
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
             warn("fdatasync failed: %s", strerror(errno));
         }
 
-        TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(close(f->fd));
+        close(f->fd);
     }
 
     if (f->verity.hash) {