diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_disk.py b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_disk.py
index 56809dafbc..5f1dc144c4 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_disk.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_disk.py
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ class DiskDevice(Compiled):
     if self.count == 0:
       if self.fd is not None:
         os.close(self.fd)
-      if hasattr(self, "mem"): self.mem.close()
+      if hasattr(self, "mem"):
+        try: self.mem.close()
+        except BufferError: pass
       self.size = None
   def _iouring_setup(self):
     DiskDevice._tried_io_uring_init = True