--- modules/dav/fs/repos.c.orig	2008-08-15 15:12:47.000000000 -0700
+++ modules/dav/fs/repos.c	2012-03-19 08:47:12.000000000 -0700
@@ -879,7 +879,11 @@
 
 static dav_error * dav_fs_close_stream(dav_stream *stream, int commit)
 {
-    apr_file_close(stream->f);
+    apr_status_t status = apr_file_close(stream->f);
+
+    if (status != APR_SUCCESS) {
+	return dav_new_error(stream->p, MAP_IO2HTTP(status), 0, "There was a problem closing the stream");
+    }
 
     if (!commit) {
         if (apr_file_remove(stream->pathname, stream->p) != APR_SUCCESS) {