diff --git a/src/sentinel.c b/src/sentinel.c
index f581fd8de..a56cd8b15 100644
--- a/src/sentinel.c
+++ b/src/sentinel.c
@@ -2320,8 +2320,8 @@ void sentinelFlushConfig(void) {
     return;
 
 werr:
-    if (fd != -1) close(fd);
     serverLog(LL_WARNING,"WARNING: Sentinel was not able to save the new configuration on disk!!!: %s", strerror(errno));
+    if (fd != -1) close(fd);
 }
 
 /* ====================== hiredis connection handling ======================= */