diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
index d45f2082..0d08b404 100644
--- a/src/conky.c
+++ b/src/conky.c
@@ -2148,7 +2148,7 @@ static struct text_object *construct_text_object(const char *s,
 			obj->type = OBJ_text;
 			return NULL;
 		}
-		DBGP("parsed platform args: '%s' '%s' %d %f %f\n", buf1, buf2, n, factor, offset);
+		DBGP("parsed platform args: '%s' '%s' %d %f %f", buf1, buf2, n, factor, offset);
 		obj->data.sysfs.fd = open_platform_sensor((*buf1) ? buf1 : 0, buf2, n,
 				&obj->data.sysfs.arg, obj->data.sysfs.devtype);
 		strncpy(obj->data.sysfs.type, buf2, 63);
diff --git a/src/linux.c b/src/linux.c
index bb783801..102f4da0 100644
--- a/src/linux.c
+++ b/src/linux.c
@@ -929,10 +929,9 @@ int open_sysfs_sensor(const char *dir, const char *dev, const char *type, int n,
 			divbuf[divn] = '\0';
 			*divisor = atoi(divbuf);
 		}
+		close(divfd);
 	}
 
-	close(divfd);
-
 	return fd;
 }