diff --git a/src/log-pcap.c b/src/log-pcap.c
index 2fe15197b8..1e1b6da1fb 100644
--- a/src/log-pcap.c
+++ b/src/log-pcap.c
@@ -1187,6 +1187,10 @@ static void PcapLogDataFree(PcapLogData *pl)
     SCFree(pl->filename);
     SCFree(pl->prefix);
 
+    if (pl->pcap_dead_handle) {
+        pcap_close(pl->pcap_dead_handle);
+    }
+
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBLZ4
     if (pl->compression.format == PCAP_LOG_COMPRESSION_FORMAT_LZ4) {
         SCFree(pl->compression.buffer);