diff --git a/modules/gdnative/videodecoder/video_stream_gdnative.cpp b/modules/gdnative/videodecoder/video_stream_gdnative.cpp
index dbe00cdf71a..ab62bbba911 100644
--- a/modules/gdnative/videodecoder/video_stream_gdnative.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdnative/videodecoder/video_stream_gdnative.cpp
@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@ void VideoStreamPlaybackGDNative::cleanup() {
 		interface->destructor(data_struct);
 	if (pcm)
 		memfree(pcm);
+	if (file) {
+		file->close();
+		memdelete(file);
+		file = NULL;
+	}
 	pcm = NULL;
 	time = 0;
 	num_channels = -1;