diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
index a3d1293..8c5754c 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
@@ -7995,14 +7995,12 @@ passwordFromFile(const char *hostname, const char *port, const char *dbname,
                return NULL;
        }

-       /* If password file is insecure, alert the user and ignore it. */
+       /* If password file is insecure, alert the user */
        if (stat_buf.st_mode & (S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO))
        {
                fprintf(stderr,
                                libpq_gettext("WARNING: password file \"%s\" has group or world access; permissions should be u=rw (0600) or less\n"),
                                pgpassfile);
-               fclose(fp);
-               return NULL;
        }
 #else