diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/Main.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/Main.cpp
index 0f2aa0c2d4..8707651069 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/Main.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/Main.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ bool DolphinApp::OnInit()
 				{
 					PanicAlert("Portable Setting could not be saved\n Are you running Dolphin from read only media or from a directory that dolphin is not located in?");
 				}
-				fclose(portable);
+				else
+				{
+					fclose(portable);
+				}
 			}
 			else
 			{