From 07846f7bec67c9a752510fd4dfd51414349f2589 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Coca <brian.coca+git@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:33:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ignore closing file error when file not open

fixes #16268
---
 lib/ansible/plugins/cache/jsonfile.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/jsonfile.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/jsonfile.py
index a99f5a3e318..1bf0ea10b6e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/jsonfile.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/jsonfile.py
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ class CacheModule(BaseCacheModule):
         else:
             f.write(jsonify(value))
         finally:
-            f.close()
+            try:
+                f.close()
+            except UnboundLocalError:
+                pass
 
     def has_expired(self, key):