diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/movieclip.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/movieclip.c
index eceac61ddb6..2702d5b3f0a 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/movieclip.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/movieclip.c
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@
 #include "IMB_imbuf.h"
 #include "IMB_moviecache.h"
 
+#ifdef WITH_OPENEXR
+#include "intern/openexr/openexr_multi.h"
+#endif
+
 /*********************** movieclip buffer loaders *************************/
 
 static int sequence_guess_offset(const char *full_name, int head_len, unsigned short numlen)
@@ -221,6 +225,13 @@ static ImBuf *movieclip_load_sequence_file(MovieClip *clip, MovieClipUser *user,
 	/* read ibuf */
 	ibuf = IMB_loadiffname(name, loadflag, colorspace);
 
+#ifdef WITH_OPENEXR
+	if (ibuf->ftype == OPENEXR && ibuf->userdata) {
+		IMB_exr_close(ibuf->userdata);
+		ibuf->userdata = NULL;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	return ibuf;
 }