diff --git a/ui/qt/interface_toolbar.cpp b/ui/qt/interface_toolbar.cpp
index 911b0bb56d..b0580b2fa3 100644
--- a/ui/qt/interface_toolbar.cpp
+++ b/ui/qt/interface_toolbar.cpp
@@ -803,7 +803,8 @@ void InterfaceToolbar::stopCapture()
 
         if (interface_[ifname].out_fd != -1)
         {
-            ws_close (interface_[ifname].out_fd);
+            ws_close_if_possible (interface_[ifname].out_fd);
+
             interface_[ifname].out_fd = -1;
         }
 
diff --git a/wsutil/file_util.c b/wsutil/file_util.c
index a7bbaa081e..c747d3e0a2 100644
--- a/wsutil/file_util.c
+++ b/wsutil/file_util.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include <glib.h>
 
 #include <windows.h>
+#include <winsock2.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <wchar.h>
 #include <tchar.h>
@@ -668,6 +669,21 @@ void close_app_running_mutex() {
     }
 }
 
+int ws_close_if_possible(int fd) {
+    fd_set rfds;
+    struct timeval tv = { 0, 1 };
+    int retval;
+
+    FD_ZERO(&rfds);
+    FD_SET(fd, &rfds);
+
+    retval = select(1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
+    if (retval > -1)
+        return _close(fd);
+
+    return -1;
+}
+
 /*
  * Editor modelines  -  https://www.wireshark.org/tools/modelines.html
  *
diff --git a/wsutil/file_util.h b/wsutil/file_util.h
index 7aa150e9ce..ab4c650f0b 100644
--- a/wsutil/file_util.h
+++ b/wsutil/file_util.h
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ WS_DLL_PUBLIC void create_app_running_mutex(void);
  */
 WS_DLL_PUBLIC void close_app_running_mutex(void);
 
+/** Close a file descriptor if it is not open
+ */
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC int ws_close_if_possible(int fd);
+
 #else	/* _WIN32 */
 
 /*
@@ -195,6 +199,9 @@ typedef ssize_t ws_file_ssize_t;
 #else
 #define ws_close   close
 #endif
+
+#define ws_close_if_possible ws_close
+
 #define ws_dup     dup
 #ifdef HAVE_FSEEKO
 #define ws_fseek64 fseeko	/* AC_SYS_LARGEFILE should make off_t 64-bit */