diff --git a/fs/procfs/fs_procfs.c b/fs/procfs/fs_procfs.c
index 74cd06924a..638b72f77b 100644
--- a/fs/procfs/fs_procfs.c
+++ b/fs/procfs/fs_procfs.c
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ static int procfs_open(FAR struct file *filep, FAR const char *relpath,
 static int procfs_close(FAR struct file *filep)
 {
   FAR struct procfs_file_s *attr;
+  int ret = OK;
 
   /* Recover our private data from the struct file instance */
 
@@ -429,9 +430,17 @@ static int procfs_close(FAR struct file *filep)
 
   /* Release the file attributes structure */
 
-  kmm_free(attr);
+  if (attr->procfsentry->ops->close != NULL)
+    {
+      ret = attr->procfsentry->ops->close(filep);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      kmm_free(attr);
+    }
+
   filep->f_priv = NULL;
-  return OK;
+  return ret;
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************