diff --git a/src/restic/repository/repack.go b/src/restic/repository/repack.go
index 59bc70b68..d0923cc75 100644
--- a/src/restic/repository/repack.go
+++ b/src/restic/repository/repack.go
@@ -35,14 +35,16 @@ func Repack(repo restic.Repository, packs restic.IDSet, keepBlobs restic.BlobSet
 			return err
 		}
 
-		defer beRd.Close()
-
 		hrd := hashing.NewReader(beRd, sha256.New())
 		packLength, err := io.Copy(tempfile, hrd)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "Copy")
 		}
 
+		if err = beRd.Close(); err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "Close")
+		}
+
 		hash := restic.IDFromHash(hrd.Sum(nil))
 		debug.Log("pack %v loaded (%d bytes), hash %v", packID.Str(), packLength, hash.Str())