diff --git a/src/Mod/Import/App/AppImportPy.cpp b/src/Mod/Import/App/AppImportPy.cpp
index 5ab4743854..5f189007fe 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Import/App/AppImportPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Import/App/AppImportPy.cpp
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ private:
             xcaf.loadShapes();
 #endif
             pcDoc->recompute();
+            hApp->Close(hDoc);
         }
         catch (Standard_Failure) {
             Handle_Standard_Failure e = Standard_Failure::Caught();
@@ -290,6 +291,8 @@ private:
                     throw Py::Exception();
                 }
             }
+
+            hApp->Close(hDoc);
         }
         catch (Standard_Failure) {
             Handle_Standard_Failure e = Standard_Failure::Caught();
diff --git a/src/Mod/Import/Gui/AppImportGuiPy.cpp b/src/Mod/Import/Gui/AppImportGuiPy.cpp
index 2d51059da1..9af34c2b88 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Import/Gui/AppImportGuiPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Import/Gui/AppImportGuiPy.cpp
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ private:
             ImportOCAFExt ocaf(hDoc, pcDoc, file.fileNamePure());
             ocaf.loadShapes();
             pcDoc->recompute();
+            hApp->Close(hDoc);
         }
         catch (Standard_Failure) {
             Handle_Standard_Failure e = Standard_Failure::Caught();
@@ -501,6 +502,8 @@ private:
                     throw Py::Exception();
                 }
             }
+
+            hApp->Close(hDoc);
         }
         catch (Standard_Failure) {
             Handle_Standard_Failure e = Standard_Failure::Caught();
@@ -591,6 +594,7 @@ private:
 
             OCAFBrowser browse(hDoc);
             browse.load(dlg->findChild<QTreeWidget*>());
+            hApp->Close(hDoc);
         }
         catch (Standard_Failure) {
             Handle_Standard_Failure e = Standard_Failure::Caught();