From 74dbc7f439e96b824ccd680117c7916dc2e79735 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rxxg <8394766+rxxg@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 14:32:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure file is closed promptly in case of error

---
 pandas/io/sas/sasreader.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pandas/io/sas/sasreader.py b/pandas/io/sas/sasreader.py
index 291c9d1ee7f0c..d6f083385c7e0 100644
--- a/pandas/io/sas/sasreader.py
+++ b/pandas/io/sas/sasreader.py
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ def read_sas(
     if iterator or chunksize:
         return reader
 
-    data = reader.read()
-    reader.close()
-    return data
+    try:
+        return reader.read()
+    finally:
+        reader.close()