diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c583dafc..5f915f90 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.3.414
+8.3.415
diff --git a/database/DBio.c b/database/DBio.c
index 5bc9bc9e..1fb60baa 100644
--- a/database/DBio.c
+++ b/database/DBio.c
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ DBCellRead(cellDef, ignoreTech, dereference, errptr)
 
 #ifdef FILE_LOCKS
 	/* Close files that were locked by another user */
-	if (cellDef->cd_fd == -2) FCLOSE(f);
+	if ((FileLocking == FALSE) || (cellDef->cd_fd == -2)) FCLOSE(f);
 #else
 	/* When using fcntl() to enforce file locks, we can't	*/
 	/* close the file descriptor without losing the lock.	*/