1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 3d3e553a98..fdb974014b 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -3738,9 +3738,9 @@ static void prep_temp_blob(const char *path, struct diff_tempfile *temp,
 		blob = buf.buf;
 		size = buf.len;
 	}
-	if (write_in_full(fd, blob, size) != size)
+	if (write_in_full(fd, blob, size) != size ||
+	    close_tempfile(&temp->tempfile))
 		die_errno("unable to write temp-file");
-	close_tempfile(&temp->tempfile);
 	temp->name = get_tempfile_path(&temp->tempfile);
 	oid_to_hex_r(temp->hex, oid);
 	xsnprintf(temp->mode, sizeof(temp->mode), "%06o", mode);