diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index eb6dfc90..8b289bf7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1218,6 +1218,7 @@ Reinhard Nissl <rnissl@gmx.de>
  for reporting a typo in aspect ratio 2.21:1
  for reporting a problem in case the PIDs change during recording
  for reporting a memory leak when reaching the end of a recording during replay
+ for reporting a call to close(-1) in cUnbufferedFile::Close()
 
 Richard Robson <richard_robson@beeb.net>
  for reporting freezing replay if a timer starts while in Transfer Mode from the
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 234d625f..f32238ca 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -6114,3 +6114,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Updated the Ukrainian OSD texts (thanks to Yarema Aka Knedlyk).
 - Fixed a memory leak when reaching the end of a recording during replay (reported
   by Reinhard Nissl).
+- Fixed calling close(-1) in cUnbufferedFile::Close() (reported by Reinhard Nissl).
diff --git a/tools.c b/tools.c
index f49206f0..9ef61f57 100644
--- a/tools.c
+++ b/tools.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: tools.c 2.2 2009/01/16 14:29:08 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: tools.c 2.3 2009/05/31 11:43:24 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "tools.h"
@@ -1473,16 +1473,18 @@ int cUnbufferedFile::Open(const char *FileName, int Flags, mode_t Mode)
 
 int cUnbufferedFile::Close(void)
 {
-#ifdef USE_FADVISE
   if (fd >= 0) {
+#ifdef USE_FADVISE
      if (totwritten)    // if we wrote anything make sure the data has hit the disk before
         fdatasync(fd);  // calling fadvise, as this is our last chance to un-cache it.
      posix_fadvise(fd, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
-     }
 #endif
-  int OldFd = fd;
-  fd = -1;
-  return close(OldFd);
+     int OldFd = fd;
+     fd = -1;
+     return close(OldFd);
+     }
+  errno = EBADF;
+  return -1;
 }
 
 // When replaying and going e.g. FF->PLAY the position jumps back 2..8M