diff --git a/lib/csv.rb b/lib/csv.rb
index b16e817d09..20c9f152a8 100644
--- a/lib/csv.rb
+++ b/lib/csv.rb
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ class CSV
       begin
         yield csv
       ensure
-        csv.close
+        csv.closed? || csv.close
       end
     else
       csv
diff --git a/test/csv/test_interface.rb b/test/csv/test_interface.rb
index f2c774f606..be27fcd616 100755
--- a/test/csv/test_interface.rb
+++ b/test/csv/test_interface.rb
@@ -137,6 +137,14 @@ class TestCSV::Interface < TestCSV
     end
   end
 
+  def test_open_handles_prematurely_closed_file_descriptor_gracefully
+    assert_nothing_raised(Exception) do
+      CSV.open(@path) do |csv|
+        csv.close
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   ### Test Write Interface ###
 
   def test_generate