diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/DiscScrubber.cpp b/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/DiscScrubber.cpp
index 9b45a760e4..a4c29c7234 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/DiscScrubber.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/DiscScrubber.cpp
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ bool Scrub(const char* filename, CompressCB callback, void* arg)
 			ERROR_LOG(DISCIO, "Really weird - failed to mark scrubbed disk as scrubbed :s");
 
 cleanup:
-	fclose(pFile);
+	if (pFile) fclose(pFile);
 	delete m_Sector1;
 	delete m_FreeTable;