diff --git a/src/dump.c b/src/dump.c
index a23fabb..63a9c15 100644
--- a/src/dump.c
+++ b/src/dump.c
@@ -481,7 +481,9 @@ int json_dump_file(const json_t *json, const char *path, size_t flags)
 
     result = json_dumpf(json, output, flags);
 
-    fclose(output);
+    if(fclose(output) != 0)
+        return -1;
+
     return result;
 }