diff --git a/examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp b/examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp
index a04115c96..69fa7c1ee 100644
--- a/examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp
+++ b/examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ static std::string get_cpu_info() {
                 }
             }
         }
+        if (0 != fclose(f)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "could not close reader of /proc/cpuinfo\n");
+        }
     }
 #endif
     // TODO: other platforms