diff --git a/client/tailscale/localclient.go b/client/tailscale/localclient.go
index e35846e61..9224f0843 100644
--- a/client/tailscale/localclient.go
+++ b/client/tailscale/localclient.go
@@ -1101,7 +1101,6 @@ func (lc *LocalClient) StreamDebugCapture(ctx context.Context) (io.ReadCloser, e
 	}
 	res, err := lc.doLocalRequestNiceError(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		res.Body.Close()
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if res.StatusCode != 200 {