diff --git a/android/phoenix/src/com/retroarch/browser/dirfragment/DetectCoreDirectoryFragment.java b/android/phoenix/src/com/retroarch/browser/dirfragment/DetectCoreDirectoryFragment.java
index a540280263..cc5ed3b7ab 100644
--- a/android/phoenix/src/com/retroarch/browser/dirfragment/DetectCoreDirectoryFragment.java
+++ b/android/phoenix/src/com/retroarch/browser/dirfragment/DetectCoreDirectoryFragment.java
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ public final class DetectCoreDirectoryFragment extends DirectoryFragment
                         				fileExt = getFileExt(zipEntry.getName());
                 				}
         				}
+        				
+        				zipFile.close();
 					}
 					catch(IOException e)
 					{