diff --git a/src/cache_hash.cpp b/src/cache_hash.cpp
index 250733ec9268dd982ccc349283b2bf8b753a6fa0..efb1a06b596d4e9b8da8690f95d1a3d0dd7a1b61 100644
--- a/src/cache_hash.cpp
+++ b/src/cache_hash.cpp
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ Error cache_hit(CacheHash *ch, Buf *out_digest) {
                 return ErrorCacheUnavailable;
             }
         }
-        if (return_code != ErrorNone) {
+        if (return_code != ErrorNone && return_code != ErrorInvalidFormat) {
             os_file_close(&ch->manifest_file);
         }
         return return_code;