diff --git a/cowrie/commands/tftp.py b/cowrie/commands/tftp.py
index aee1b48..e6d2327 100644
--- a/cowrie/commands/tftp.py
+++ b/cowrie/commands/tftp.py
@@ -62,17 +62,20 @@ class command_tftp(HoneyPotCommand):
                      re.sub('[^A-Za-z0-9]', '_', self.file_to_get))
         self.safeoutfile = os.path.join(self.download_path, tmp_fname)
 
-        with tftpy.TftpClient(self.hostname, int(self.port)) as tclient:
-            try:
-                tclient.download(self.file_to_get, self.safeoutfile, progresshook)
-                self.file_to_get = self.fs.resolve_path(self.file_to_get, self.protocol.cwd)
-                if hasattr(tclient.context, 'metrics'):
-                    self.fs.mkfile(self.file_to_get, 0, 0, tclient.context.metrics.bytes, 33188)
-                else:
-                    self.fs.mkfile(self.file_to_get, 0, 0, 0, 33188)
-                self.fs.update_realfile(self.fs.getfile(self.file_to_get), self.safeoutfile)
-            except tftpy.TftpException, err:
-                pass
+        tclient = None
+
+        try:
+            tclient = tftpy.TftpClient(self.hostname, int(self.port))
+            tclient.download(self.file_to_get, self.safeoutfile, progresshook)
+            self.file_to_get = self.fs.resolve_path(self.file_to_get, self.protocol.cwd)
+            if hasattr(tclient.context, 'metrics'):
+                self.fs.mkfile(self.file_to_get, 0, 0, tclient.context.metrics.bytes, 33188)
+            else:
+                self.fs.mkfile(self.file_to_get, 0, 0, 0, 33188)
+            self.fs.update_realfile(self.fs.getfile(self.file_to_get), self.safeoutfile)
+        except tftpy.TftpException, err:
+            if tclient and tclient.context and not tclient.context.fileobj.closed:
+                tclient.context.fileobj.close()
 
         if os.path.exists(self.safeoutfile):