diff --git a/drives/sync/filesystem.go b/drives/sync/filesystem.go
index 153f929c..b5d721b0 100644
--- a/drives/sync/filesystem.go
+++ b/drives/sync/filesystem.go
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ func (t *FilesystemTarget) WriteStream(path string, stream io.Reader, mode os.Fi
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	defer f.Close()
 	_, err = io.Copy(f, stream)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err