diff --git a/platform/default/uv_zip.c b/platform/default/uv_zip.c
index 51bd15e8e..cb1b07898 100644
--- a/platform/default/uv_zip.c
+++ b/platform/default/uv_zip.c
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ void uv__zip_work_fclose(uv_work_t *req) {
     zip->result = zip_fclose(zip->file);
     if (zip->result != 0) {
         uv__zip_file_error(zip);
+    } else {
+        zip->file = NULL;
     }
 }