diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 3504c7386699799885d6f606ddc7432aaffb8719..28e5076852362184153f1933afb04427440a1515 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2008, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c,v 1.307 2008/05/12 19:45:23 mha Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c,v 1.308 2008/05/13 20:53:52 mha Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -3334,8 +3334,11 @@ got_record:;
 	return (XLogRecord *) buffer;
 
 next_record_is_invalid:;
-	close(readFile);
-	readFile = -1;
+	if (readFile >= 0)
+	{
+		close(readFile);
+		readFile = -1;
+	}
 	nextRecord = NULL;
 	return NULL;
 }