diff --git a/tool/remotecache-benchmark/main.go b/tool/remotecache-benchmark/main.go
index 633aa8e99..7b7dc6da6 100644
--- a/tool/remotecache-benchmark/main.go
+++ b/tool/remotecache-benchmark/main.go
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ func (t *BenchmarkTester) runStorageGetBenchmark(ctx context.Context, storage st
 					result.Latencies = append(result.Latencies, latency)
 				}
 				fh.Close()
+				r.Close()
 			}
 		}(w)
 	}