diff --git a/web/html/pkgsubmit.php b/web/html/pkgsubmit.php
index 787f4c5c..954f1ce1 100644
--- a/web/html/pkgsubmit.php
+++ b/web/html/pkgsubmit.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if ($_COOKIE["AURSID"]):
 		}
 
 		# Close file handle before extracting stuff
-		if (is_resource($fh)) {
+		if (isset($fh) && is_resource($fh)) {
 			fclose($fh);
 		}