diff --git a/updater/blockimg.c b/updater/blockimg.c
index 532e7b8..a0e9aec 100644
--- a/updater/blockimg.c
+++ b/updater/blockimg.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@
 
 wsout:
     if (fd != -1) {
-        TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(close(fd));
+        close(fd);
     }
 
     if (fn) {
@@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@
         if (fsync(params.fd) == -1) {
             fprintf(stderr, "fsync failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
         }
-        TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(close(params.fd));
+        close(params.fd);
     }
 
     if (logcmd) {