diff --git a/be/src/olap/data_dir.cpp b/be/src/olap/data_dir.cpp
index 9cc81ecac9321c..ec94e13cb09451 100755
--- a/be/src/olap/data_dir.cpp
+++ b/be/src/olap/data_dir.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ Status DataDir::_check_path_exist() {
         closedir(dirp);
         return Status::InternalError("readdir failed");
     }
+    // opendir and closedir should be called both or not.
+    closedir(dirp);
     return Status::OK();
 }