1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tshark.c b/tshark.c
index ba73d1a70e..961c8abcbf 100644
--- a/tshark.c
+++ b/tshark.c
@@ -2503,6 +2503,7 @@ capture_input_new_file(capture_session *cap_session, gchar *new_file)
     if ( ((capture_file *) cap_session->cf)->state != FILE_CLOSED) {
       if ( ((capture_file *) cap_session->cf)->wth != NULL) {
         wtap_close(((capture_file *) cap_session->cf)->wth);
+	((capture_file *) cap_session->cf)->wth = NULL;
       }
       ((capture_file *) cap_session->cf)->state = FILE_CLOSED;
     }