1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/dl.c b/src/nvim/os/dl.c
index bbd0424a82..f0fadb16f2 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/dl.c
+++ b/src/nvim/os/dl.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ bool os_libcall(const char *libname,
   // open the dynamic loadable library
   if (uv_dlopen(libname, &lib)) {
       EMSG2(_("dlerror = \"%s\""), uv_dlerror(&lib));
+      uv_dlclose(&lib);
       return false;
   }