diff --git a/userspace/libraries/LibC/stdio.cpp b/userspace/libraries/LibC/stdio.cpp
index a9279040..3e9b506f 100644
--- a/userspace/libraries/LibC/stdio.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libraries/LibC/stdio.cpp
@@ -404,7 +404,8 @@ FILE* freopen(const char* pathname, const char* mode_str, FILE* file)
 
 	if (pathname)
 	{
-		fclose(file);
+		fflush(file);
+		close(file->fd);
 		file->fd = open(pathname, mode, 0666);
 		file->mode = mode & O_ACCMODE;
 		if (file->fd == -1)