diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_stats.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_stats.py
index 18f13e9..919df7e 100755
--- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_stats.py
+++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_stats.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 
         stat_result = os.fstat(mfd)
         self.statseg = mmap.mmap(mfd, stat_result.st_size, mmap.PROT_READ, mmap.MAP_SHARED)
-        socket.close(mfd)
+        os.close(mfd)
 
         self.size = stat_result.st_size
         if self.version != 2: