diff --git a/src/PIL/WebPImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/WebPImagePlugin.py
index e6485c253..1e9a028a7 100644
--- a/src/PIL/WebPImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/WebPImagePlugin.py
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ class WebPImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
                 self.__loaded = self.__logical_frame
 
                 # Set tile
-                if self.fp:
-                    self.fp.close()
                 self.fp = BytesIO(data)
                 self.tile = [("raw", (0, 0) + self.size, 0, self.rawmode)]