diff --git a/contrib/largeNbDicts/largeNbDicts.c b/contrib/largeNbDicts/largeNbDicts.c
index a87220b7..25b154c3 100644
--- a/contrib/largeNbDicts/largeNbDicts.c
+++ b/contrib/largeNbDicts/largeNbDicts.c
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ static int benchMem(slice_collection_t dstBlocks,
         assert(csvFile);
         fprintf(csvFile, "%s\n", exeName);
     } else {
-        free(csvFileName);
+        fclose(csvFile);
         csvFile = fopen(csvFileName, "at");
         assert(csvFile);
     }