diff --git a/cmd/lxc-to-incus/config.go b/cmd/lxc-to-incus/config.go
index 73d0c0671d..7156d29d27 100644
--- a/cmd/lxc-to-incus/config.go
+++ b/cmd/lxc-to-incus/config.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	internalUtil "github.com/lxc/incus/v7/internal/util"
+	"github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/logger"
 	"github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/util"
 )
 
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ func parseConfig(path string) ([]string, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	defer func() { _ = file.Close() }()
+	defer logger.WarnOnError(file.Close, "Failed to close file")
 
 	var config []string
 
diff --git a/cmd/lxc-to-incus/main_netcat.go b/cmd/lxc-to-incus/main_netcat.go
index ca4771334f..1f049937a1 100644
--- a/cmd/lxc-to-incus/main_netcat.go
+++ b/cmd/lxc-to-incus/main_netcat.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"github.com/lxc/incus/v7/internal/eagain"
+	"github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/logger"
 	"github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/util"
 )
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ func (c *cmdNetcat) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	wg.Add(1)
 
 	go func() {
-		defer func() { _ = conn.Close() }()
+		defer logger.WarnOnError(conn.Close, "Failed to close connection")
 		defer wg.Done()
 
 		_, _ = util.SafeCopy(eagain.Writer{Writer: os.Stdout}, eagain.Reader{Reader: conn})
diff --git a/cmd/lxc-to-incus/transfer.go b/cmd/lxc-to-incus/transfer.go
index c339c32efc..5e8f30dd62 100644
--- a/cmd/lxc-to-incus/transfer.go
+++ b/cmd/lxc-to-incus/transfer.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/lxc/incus/v7/internal/linux"
 	"github.com/lxc/incus/v7/internal/migration"
+	"github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/logger"
 	"github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/ws"
 )
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ func rsyncSend(conn *websocket.Conn, path string, rsyncArgs string) error {
 	}
 
 	if dataSocket != nil {
-		defer func() { _ = dataSocket.Close() }()
+		defer logger.WarnOnError(dataSocket.Close, "Failed to close connection")
 	}
 
 	readDone, writeDone := ws.Mirror(conn, dataSocket)