diff --git a/libmachine/mcnutils/utils.go b/libmachine/mcnutils/utils.go
index 00ee8a0625..a260423abb 100644
--- a/libmachine/mcnutils/utils.go
+++ b/libmachine/mcnutils/utils.go
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ func CopyFile(src, dst string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	defer out.Close()
+
 	if _, err = io.Copy(out, in); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}