diff --git a/src/drivers/mpu6000/mpu6000.cpp b/src/drivers/mpu6000/mpu6000.cpp
index 6145a51175..ff921274b8 100644
--- a/src/drivers/mpu6000/mpu6000.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/mpu6000/mpu6000.cpp
@@ -1405,6 +1405,8 @@ start()
 	if (ioctl(fd, SENSORIOCSPOLLRATE, SENSOR_POLLRATE_DEFAULT) < 0)
 		goto fail;
 
+        close(fd);
+
 	exit(0);
 fail:
 
@@ -1508,6 +1510,8 @@ reset()
 	if (ioctl(fd, SENSORIOCSPOLLRATE, SENSOR_POLLRATE_DEFAULT) < 0)
 		err(1, "driver poll restart failed");
 
+        close(fd);
+
 	exit(0);
 }