diff --git a/newlib/libc/stdio/vfscanf.c b/newlib/libc/stdio/vfscanf.c
index c5fcae577..b6b90c80e 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/stdio/vfscanf.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/stdio/vfscanf.c
@@ -1623,8 +1623,7 @@ input_failure:
      should have been set prior to here.  On EOF failure (including
      invalid format string), return EOF if no matches yet, else number
      of matches made prior to failure.  */
-  _newlib_flockfile_exit (fp);
-  return nassigned && !(fp->_flags & __SERR) ? nassigned : EOF;
+  nassigned = nassigned && !(fp->_flags & __SERR) ? nassigned : EOF;
 match_failure:
 all_done:
   /* Return number of matches, which can be 0 on match failure.  */
diff --git a/newlib/libc/stdio/vfwscanf.c b/newlib/libc/stdio/vfwscanf.c
index fd4f1f9f6..3b0e11355 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/stdio/vfwscanf.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/stdio/vfwscanf.c
@@ -1469,8 +1469,7 @@ input_failure:
      should have been set prior to here.  On EOF failure (including
      invalid format string), return EOF if no matches yet, else number
      of matches made prior to failure.  */
-  _newlib_flockfile_exit (fp);
-  return nassigned && !(fp->_flags & __SERR) ? nassigned : EOF;
+  nassigned = nassigned && !(fp->_flags & __SERR) ? nassigned : EOF;
 match_failure:
 all_done:
   /* Return number of matches, which can be 0 on match failure.  */