diff --git a/PIL/Image.py b/PIL/Image.py
index 09ea77f13..53e774639 100644
--- a/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/PIL/Image.py
@@ -2239,21 +2239,20 @@ def open(fp, mode="r"):
        opened and identified.
     """
 
-    should_close = False
     if mode != "r":
         raise ValueError("bad mode %r" % mode)
 
     if isPath(fp):
         filename = fp
-        fp = builtins.open(fp, "rb")
-        should_close = True
+        with builtins.open(fp, "rb") as fp:
+            return _open(fp, filename, mode)
     else:
         filename = ""
+        return _open(fp, filename, mode)
 
-    def finalize():
-        if should_close:
-            fp.close()
 
+
+def _open(fp, filename, mode):
     prefix = fp.read(16)
 
     preinit()
@@ -2265,7 +2264,6 @@ def open(fp, mode="r"):
                 fp.seek(0)
                 im = factory(fp, filename)
                 _decompression_bomb_check(im.size)
-                finalize()
                 return im
         except (SyntaxError, IndexError, TypeError):
             # import traceback
@@ -2281,14 +2279,12 @@ def open(fp, mode="r"):
                     fp.seek(0)
                     im = factory(fp, filename)
                     _decompression_bomb_check(im.size)
-                    finalize()
                     return im
             except (SyntaxError, IndexError, TypeError):
                 # import traceback
                 # traceback.print_exc()
                 pass
 
-    finalize()
     raise IOError("cannot identify image file %r"
                   % (filename if filename else fp))