diff --git a/src/xspice/icm/table/table3D/cfunc.mod b/src/xspice/icm/table/table3D/cfunc.mod
index d354cc9c3..cb4c06e26 100644
--- a/src/xspice/icm/table/table3D/cfunc.mod
+++ b/src/xspice/icm/table/table3D/cfunc.mod
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ static Table3_Data_t *init_local_data(const char *filename, int interporder)
         lFileRead = fread(cFile, sizeof(char), lFileLen, fp);
         const int file_error = ferror(fp);
         fclose(fp); /* done with file */
+        fp = (FILE *) NULL;
         if (file_error) {
             cm_message_printf("Error reading data file %s", filename);
             xrc = -1;