diff --git a/cmd/ipfs/kubo/add_migrations.go b/cmd/ipfs/kubo/add_migrations.go
index d77d0afdf..e7cb135f7 100644
--- a/cmd/ipfs/kubo/add_migrations.go
+++ b/cmd/ipfs/kubo/add_migrations.go
@@ -83,10 +83,12 @@ func addMigrationFiles(ctx context.Context, node *core.IpfsNode, paths []string,
 
 		fi, err := f.Stat()
 		if err != nil {
+			f.Close()
 			return err
 		}
 
 		ipfsPath, err := ufs.Add(ctx, files.NewReaderStatFile(f, fi), options.Unixfs.Pin(pin, ""))
+		f.Close()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/repo/fsrepo/fsrepo.go b/repo/fsrepo/fsrepo.go
index 671621ef3..718d5614d 100644
--- a/repo/fsrepo/fsrepo.go
+++ b/repo/fsrepo/fsrepo.go
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ func (r *FSRepo) SetAPIAddr(addr ma.Multiaddr) error {
 	}
 
 	if _, err = f.WriteString(addr.String()); err != nil {
+		f.Close()
 		return err
 	}
 	if err = f.Close(); err != nil {