diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f22a33b3..8a7248cb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2009-11-09 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
-	* files.c (read_file): - Remove debugging messages from file load
+	* files.c (read_file): - Remove debugging messages from file load.  Fixes
+	  Savannah bug 27838.
 
 2009-11-07 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
 	* nano.h - Add bogus value at begin of flags enumeration because it
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index 396065a8..bfa2ca34 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ void read_file(FILE *f, int fd, const char *filename, bool undoable)
 	nperror(filename);
     fclose(f);
     if (fd > 0) {
-	int closecode = close(fd);
+	close(fd);
 	writable = is_file_writable(filename);
     }