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

Index: sed-4.2.2/sed/utils.c
===================================================================
--- sed-4.2.2.orig/sed/utils.c
+++ sed-4.2.2/sed/utils.c
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ ck_fclose(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);
 	}