diff --git a/src/base/ftobjs.c b/src/base/ftobjs.c
index 903856b5c..85b755ce2 100644
--- a/src/base/ftobjs.c
+++ b/src/base/ftobjs.c
@@ -297,7 +297,10 @@
   FT_EXPORT_FUNC( void )  FT_Done_Stream( FT_Stream  stream )
   {
     if ( stream && stream->close )
+    {
       stream->close( stream );
+      stream->close = 0;
+    }
   }