diff --git a/libs/audiographer/audiographer/sndfile/tmp_file.h b/libs/audiographer/audiographer/sndfile/tmp_file.h
index 8ea676c0d5..24caf5a723 100644
--- a/libs/audiographer/audiographer/sndfile/tmp_file.h
+++ b/libs/audiographer/audiographer/sndfile/tmp_file.h
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ class TmpFile : public SndfileWriter<T>, public SndfileReader<T>
 		/* explicitly close first, some OS (yes I'm looking at you windows)
 		 * cannot delet files that are still open
 		 */
-		SndfileBase::close();
 		if (!filename.empty()) {
+			SndfileBase::close();
 			std::remove(filename.c_str());
 		}
 	}