diff --git a/bin/ansible-vault b/bin/ansible-vault
index 4929e1c2a19..ffdb34de37c 100755
--- a/bin/ansible-vault
+++ b/bin/ansible-vault
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def get_opt(options, k, defval=""):
 def _read_password(filename):
     f = open(filename, "rb")
     data = f.read()
-    f.close
+    f.close()
     data = data.strip()
     return data