diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0a66f6c9c..e69d9479a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@
      [sftp-int.c sftp-server.c]
      avoid paths beginning with "//"; <vinschen@redhat.com>
      ok markus@
+   - jakob@cvs.openbsd.org 2001/07/31 12:53:34
+     [scard.c]
+     close smartcard connection if card is missing
 
 20010803
  - (djm) Fix interrupted read in entropy gatherer. Spotted by markus@ on
@@ -6194,4 +6197,4 @@
  - Wrote replacements for strlcpy and mkdtemp
  - Released 1.0pre1
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.1447 2001/08/06 21:30:53 mouring Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.1448 2001/08/06 21:33:44 mouring Exp $
diff --git a/scard.c b/scard.c
index 9f22fdf39..8c53c66df 100644
--- a/scard.c
+++ b/scard.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 #ifdef SMARTCARD
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$OpenBSD: scard.c,v 1.9 2001/07/31 08:41:10 jakob Exp $");
+RCSID("$OpenBSD: scard.c,v 1.10 2001/07/31 12:53:34 jakob Exp $");
 
 #include <openssl/engine.h>
 #include <sectok.h>
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ sc_open(void)
 	if (! sectok_cardpresent(sc_fd)) {
 		debug("smartcard in reader %d not present, skipping",
 		    sc_reader_num);
+		sc_close();
 		return SCARD_ERROR_NOCARD;
 	}
 	if (sectok_reset(sc_fd, 0, NULL, &sw) <= 0) {