http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2014-06/msg00000.html

Index: sed/utils.c
===================================================================
--- sed/utils.c.orig
+++ sed/utils.c
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ ck_fclose(FILE *stream)
     {
       if (!stream || stream == cur->fp)
         {
-          do_ck_fclose (cur->fp);
           prev->link = cur->link;
+          do_ck_fclose (cur->fp);
           free(cur->name);
           free(cur);
         }