diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 20e01b035f5..6b8c815d2a1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fix potential buffer length truncation due to usage of type int instead
     of type size_t. (Girgias)
   . Fix memory leak when openssl polyfill returns garbage. (nielsdos)
+  . Fix file descriptor leak in phar_zip_flush() on failure. (nielsdos)
 
 - Random:
   . Fix Randomizer::__serialize() w.r.t. INDIRECTs. (nielsdos)
diff --git a/ext/phar/zip.c b/ext/phar/zip.c
index 8845ef5a0f7..026fe3935c5 100644
--- a/ext/phar/zip.c
+++ b/ext/phar/zip.c
@@ -1276,6 +1276,7 @@ void phar_zip_flush(phar_archive_data *phar, zend_string *user_stub, bool is_def
 			return;
 		}
 		if (phar->alias_len != php_stream_write(entry.fp, phar->alias, phar->alias_len)) {
+			php_stream_close(entry.fp);
 			if (error) {
 				spprintf(error, 0, "unable to set alias in zip-based phar \"%s\"", phar->fname);
 			}