diff --git a/gramps/src/ReadXML.py b/gramps/src/ReadXML.py
index 9acb4c471..71a8907fa 100644
--- a/gramps/src/ReadXML.py
+++ b/gramps/src/ReadXML.py
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ def loadData(database, filename, callback=None):
         f.close()
     except IOError,msg:
         use_gzip = 0
-        f.close()
 
     try:
         if use_gzip: