diff --git a/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_tts_commandline/mod_tts_commandline.c b/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_tts_commandline/mod_tts_commandline.c
index 1d9906d0a9..a19af3a18d 100644
--- a/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_tts_commandline/mod_tts_commandline.c
+++ b/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_tts_commandline/mod_tts_commandline.c
@@ -186,13 +186,17 @@ static switch_status_t tts_commandline_speech_read_tts(switch_speech_handle_t *s
 	assert(info != NULL);
 
 	if (switch_core_file_read(info->fh, data, &my_datalen) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-		switch_core_file_close(info->fh);
+		if (switch_test_flag(info->fh, SWITCH_FILE_OPEN)) {
+			switch_core_file_close(info->fh);
+		}
 		unlink(info->file);
 		return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
 	}
 	*datalen = my_datalen * 2;
 	if (datalen == 0) {
-		switch_core_file_close(info->fh);
+		if (switch_test_flag(info->fh, SWITCH_FILE_OPEN)) {
+			switch_core_file_close(info->fh);
+		}
 		unlink(info->file);
 		return SWITCH_STATUS_BREAK;
 	} else {
@@ -205,7 +209,7 @@ static void tts_commandline_speech_flush_tts(switch_speech_handle_t *sh)
 	tts_commandline_t *info = (tts_commandline_t *) sh->private_info;
 	assert(info != NULL);
 
-	if (info->fh != NULL && info->fh->file_interface != NULL) {
+	if (info->fh != NULL && info->fh->file_interface != NULL && switch_test_flag(info->fh, SWITCH_FILE_OPEN)) {
 		switch_core_file_close(info->fh);
 	}
 	if (switch_file_exists(info->file, NULL) == SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
diff --git a/src/mod/formats/mod_sndfile/mod_sndfile.c b/src/mod/formats/mod_sndfile/mod_sndfile.c
index b9884c2138..a03e28af5c 100644
--- a/src/mod/formats/mod_sndfile/mod_sndfile.c
+++ b/src/mod/formats/mod_sndfile/mod_sndfile.c
@@ -267,7 +267,9 @@ static switch_status_t sndfile_file_close(switch_file_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	sndfile_context *context = handle->private_info;
 
-	sf_close(context->handle);
+	if (context) {
+		sf_close(context->handle);
+	}
 
 	return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }