diff --git a/src/core/fs/archive_ext_save_data.cpp b/src/core/fs/archive_ext_save_data.cpp
index ca03b326..a39259c3 100644
--- a/src/core/fs/archive_ext_save_data.cpp
+++ b/src/core/fs/archive_ext_save_data.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ HorizonResult ExtSaveDataArchive::createFile(const FSPath& path, u64 size) {
 		// Create a file of size "size" by creating an empty one, seeking to size - 1 and just writing a 0 there
 		IOFile file(p.string().c_str(), "wb");
 		if (file.seek(size - 1, SEEK_SET) && file.writeBytes("", 1).second == 1) {
+			file.close();
 			return Result::Success;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/core/fs/archive_save_data.cpp b/src/core/fs/archive_save_data.cpp
index 1dcc1db8..af8841c9 100644
--- a/src/core/fs/archive_save_data.cpp
+++ b/src/core/fs/archive_save_data.cpp
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ HorizonResult SaveDataArchive::createFile(const FSPath& path, u64 size) {
 
 		// If the size is 0, leave the file empty and return success
 		if (size == 0) {
+			file.close();
 			return Result::Success;
 		}
 
 		// If it is not empty, seek to size - 1 and write a 0 to create a file of size "size"
 		else if (file.seek(size - 1, SEEK_SET) && file.writeBytes("", 1).second == 1) {
+			file.close();
 			return Result::Success;
 		}