diff --git a/lib/repo.c b/lib/repo.c
index 91fcfb7a..f3f6ed4f 100644
--- a/lib/repo.c
+++ b/lib/repo.c
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ repo_open_local(struct xbps_repo *repo, const char *repofile)
 		xbps_dbg_printf(repo->xhp,
 		    "[repo] `%s' failed to open repodata archive %s\n",
 		    repofile, strerror(rv));
-		xbps_repo_close(repo);
 		return false;
 	}
 	if ((repo->idx = repo_get_dict(repo)) == NULL) {
@@ -164,7 +163,6 @@ repo_open_local(struct xbps_repo *repo, const char *repofile)
 		    " index on archive, removing file.\n", repofile);
 		/* broken archive, remove it */
 		(void)unlink(repofile);
-		xbps_repo_close(repo);
 		return false;
 	}
 	xbps_dictionary_make_immutable(repo->idx);
@@ -368,7 +366,8 @@ xbps_repo_open(struct xbps_handle *xhp, const char *url)
 void
 xbps_repo_close(struct xbps_repo *repo)
 {
-	assert(repo);
+	if (!repo)
+		return;
 
 	if (repo->ar != NULL)
 		archive_read_finish(repo->ar);
diff --git a/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/Kyuafile b/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/Kyuafile
index d51f3dff..e27f783e 100644
--- a/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/Kyuafile
+++ b/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/Kyuafile
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ atf_test_program{name="preserve_test"}
 atf_test_program{name="orphans_test"}
 atf_test_program{name="noextract_files_test"}
 atf_test_program{name="transaction_check_revdeps_test"}
+atf_test_program{name="repo_test"}
diff --git a/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/Makefile b/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/Makefile
index a8d46d5a..22c52647 100644
--- a/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/Makefile
+++ b/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ TESTSHELL+= issue31_test scripts_test incorrect_deps_test
 TESTSHELL+= vpkg_test install_test preserve_files_test configure_test
 TESTSHELL+= update_shlibs_test update_hold_test update_repolock_test
 TESTSHELL+= cyclic_deps_test conflicts_test update_itself_test
-TESTSHELL+= hold_test ignore_test preserve_test
+TESTSHELL+= hold_test ignore_test preserve_test repo_test
 TESTSHELL+= noextract_files_test orphans_test transaction_check_revdeps_test
 EXTRA_FILES = Kyuafile
 
diff --git a/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/conf_files_test.sh b/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/conf_files_test.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/repo_test.sh b/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/repo_test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30022acf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/repo_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env atf-sh
+
+atf_test_case repo_close
+
+repo_close_head() {
+	atf_set "descr" "Tests for pkg repos: truncate repo size to 0"
+}
+
+repo_close_body() {
+	mkdir -p repo pkg_A
+	cd repo
+	xbps-create -A noarch -n A-1.0_1 -s "A pkg" ../pkg_A
+	atf_check_equal $? 0
+	xbps-rindex -d -a $PWD/*.xbps
+	atf_check_equal $? 0
+	cd ..
+	xbps-install -C empty.conf -r root --repository=repo -yn A
+	atf_check_equal $? 0
+	truncate --size 0 repo/*-repodata
+	xbps-install -C empty.conf -r root --repository=repo -yn A
+	# ENOENT because invalid repodata
+	atf_check_equal $? 2
+}
+
+atf_init_test_cases() {
+	atf_add_test_case repo_close
+}