diff --git a/lfs.c b/lfs.c
index 26280fa8..fa822a0b 100644
--- a/lfs.c
+++ b/lfs.c
@@ -3014,7 +3014,7 @@ static int lfs_file_rawclose(lfs_t *lfs, lfs_file_t *file) {
     lfs_mlist_remove(lfs, (struct lfs_mlist*)file);
 
     // clean up memory
-    if (!file->cfg->buffer) {
+    if ((!file->cfg->buffer) && (file->cache.buffer)) {
         lfs_free(file->cache.buffer);
     }