diff --git a/src/Mod/Import/App/AppImportPy.cpp b/src/Mod/Import/App/AppImportPy.cpp
index e9981270f0..47be17b997 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Import/App/AppImportPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Import/App/AppImportPy.cpp
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ private:
             xcaf.loadShapes();
 #endif
             pcDoc->recompute();
+            hApp->Close(hDoc);
         }
         catch (Standard_Failure) {
             Handle_Standard_Failure e = Standard_Failure::Caught();
@@ -287,6 +288,8 @@ 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 1b0c59042c..9e5519fba9 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Import/Gui/AppImportGuiPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Import/Gui/AppImportGuiPy.cpp
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ private:
             ImportOCAFExt ocaf(hDoc, pcDoc, file.fileNamePure());
             ocaf.loadShapes();
             pcDoc->recompute();
+            hApp->Close(hDoc);
         }
         catch (Standard_Failure) {
             Handle_Standard_Failure e = Standard_Failure::Caught();
@@ -497,6 +498,8 @@ private:
                     throw Py::Exception();
                 }
             }
+
+            hApp->Close(hDoc);
         }
         catch (Standard_Failure) {
             Handle_Standard_Failure e = Standard_Failure::Caught();
@@ -587,6 +590,7 @@ private:
 
             OCAFBrowser browse(hDoc);
             browse.load(dlg->findChild<QTreeWidget*>());
+            hApp->Close(hDoc);
         }
         catch (Standard_Failure) {
             Handle_Standard_Failure e = Standard_Failure::Caught();