1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/contrib/convert-variable-renames.py b/scripts/contrib/convert-variable-renames.py
index fca59ca9e1..ed012610db 100755
--- a/scripts/contrib/convert-variable-renames.py
+++ b/scripts/contrib/convert-variable-renames.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def processfile(fn):
                         if re.search(check_word, line, re.IGNORECASE):
                             print("%s needs further work at line %s since it contains %s"% (fn, lineno, check_word))
                     new_file.write(line)
+            new_file.close()
             if modified:
                 print("*** Modified file '%s'" % (fn))
                 shutil.copymode(fn, abs_path)