diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dc39e99d07f..b0e4d74d281 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug #80121 (Null pointer deref if CurlHandle directly instantiated).
     (Nikita)
 
-- SPL.
+- SPL:
   . Fixed bug #65387 (Circular references in SPL iterators are not garbage
     collected). (Nikita)
 
+- Standard:
+  . Fixed bug #64060 (lstat_stat_variation7.phpt fails on certain file systems).
+    (M. Voelker, cmb)
+
 01 Oct 2020, PHP 8.0.0rc1
 
 - CLI:
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/file/lstat_stat_variation7.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/file/lstat_stat_variation7.phpt
index fab011dd20a..a5128606f4a 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/file/lstat_stat_variation7.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/file/lstat_stat_variation7.phpt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ $old_stat = stat($file_name);
 clearstatcache();
 $blksize = PHP_OS_FAMILY === 'Windows' ? 4096 : $old_stat['blksize'];
 fwrite($fh, str_repeat("Hello World", $blksize));
+fclose($fh);
 $new_stat = stat($file_name);
 
 // compare self stats