diff --git a/src/apps/mediaplayer/MainWin.cpp b/src/apps/mediaplayer/MainWin.cpp
index 0f2930b2e6..37eb06a047 100644
--- a/src/apps/mediaplayer/MainWin.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/mediaplayer/MainWin.cpp
@@ -1254,14 +1254,15 @@ MainWin::Eject()
 {
 	status_t mediaStatus = B_DEV_NO_MEDIA;
 	// find the cd player device
-	fDevice = FindCdPlayerDevice("/dev/disk");
+	int cdPlayerFd = FindCdPlayerDevice("/dev/disk");
 	// get the status first
-	ioctl(fDevice, B_GET_MEDIA_STATUS, &mediaStatus, sizeof(mediaStatus));
+	ioctl(cdPlayerFd, B_GET_MEDIA_STATUS, &mediaStatus, sizeof(mediaStatus));
 	// if door open, load the media, else eject the cd
-	status_t result = ioctl(fDevice,
+	status_t result = ioctl(cdPlayerFd,
 		mediaStatus == B_DEV_DOOR_OPEN ? B_LOAD_MEDIA : B_EJECT_DEVICE);
 	if (result != B_NO_ERROR)
 		printf("Error ejecting device");
+	close(cdPlayerFd);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/apps/mediaplayer/MainWin.h b/src/apps/mediaplayer/MainWin.h
index 7a477496ba..806008794c 100644
--- a/src/apps/mediaplayer/MainWin.h
+++ b/src/apps/mediaplayer/MainWin.h
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ private:
 			bool				fScaleFullscreenControls;
 			bigtime_t			fInitialSeekPosition;
 			bool				fAllowWinding;
-			int					fDevice;
 
 	static	int					sNoVideoWidth;
 };