diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6b7e683ea0..3a8a4942a1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-08-10  DindinX  <david@dindinx.org>
+
+	* app/core/gimpbrushgenerated.c: don't leak a file descriptor when
+	reading a bad .vbr file.
+
 2004-08-10  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* plug-ins/common/unsharp.c: don't show progress on the image
diff --git a/app/core/gimpbrushgenerated-load.c b/app/core/gimpbrushgenerated-load.c
index 87ca61013a..0d5b650857 100644
--- a/app/core/gimpbrushgenerated-load.c
+++ b/app/core/gimpbrushgenerated-load.c
@@ -740,6 +740,8 @@ gimp_brush_generated_load (const gchar  *filename,
 
  failed:
 
+  fclose (file);
+
   if (name)
     g_free (name);
 
diff --git a/app/core/gimpbrushgenerated-save.c b/app/core/gimpbrushgenerated-save.c
index 87ca61013a..0d5b650857 100644
--- a/app/core/gimpbrushgenerated-save.c
+++ b/app/core/gimpbrushgenerated-save.c
@@ -740,6 +740,8 @@ gimp_brush_generated_load (const gchar  *filename,
 
  failed:
 
+  fclose (file);
+
   if (name)
     g_free (name);
 
diff --git a/app/core/gimpbrushgenerated.c b/app/core/gimpbrushgenerated.c
index 87ca61013a..0d5b650857 100644
--- a/app/core/gimpbrushgenerated.c
+++ b/app/core/gimpbrushgenerated.c
@@ -740,6 +740,8 @@ gimp_brush_generated_load (const gchar  *filename,
 
  failed:
 
+  fclose (file);
+
   if (name)
     g_free (name);