diff --git a/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_cdr/mod_xml_cdr.c b/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_cdr/mod_xml_cdr.c
index d9260b687e..4e3bd81f78 100644
--- a/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_cdr/mod_xml_cdr.c
+++ b/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_cdr/mod_xml_cdr.c
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ static switch_status_t my_on_reporting(switch_core_session_t *session)
 				wrote = write(fd, xml_text, (unsigned) strlen(xml_text));
 				wrote++;
 				close(fd);
-				fd = -1;
 			} else {
 				char ebuf[512] = { 0 };
 				switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Error writing [%s][%s]\n",
@@ -430,7 +429,6 @@ static switch_status_t my_on_reporting(switch_core_session_t *session)
 				wrote = write(fd, xml_text, (unsigned) strlen(xml_text));
 				wrote++;
 				close(fd);
-				fd = -1;
 			} else {
 				char ebuf[512] = { 0 };
 				switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Error![%s]\n",