diff --git a/lib/common/task.dart b/lib/common/task.dart
index dfe737b..bb737fd 100644
--- a/lib/common/task.dart
+++ b/lib/common/task.dart
@@ -641,23 +641,35 @@ Future<MigrationData> restoreTask() async {
   );
 }
 
+Future<void> restoreBackupArchive(
+  String backupFilePath,
+  String restoreDirPath,
+) async {
+  final input = InputFileStream(backupFilePath);
+  try {
+    final archive = ZipDecoder().decodeStream(input);
+    final restoreDir = Directory(restoreDirPath);
+    await restoreDir.create(recursive: true);
+    for (final file in archive.files) {
+      final outPath = join(restoreDirPath, posix.normalize(file.name));
+      final outputStream = OutputFileStream(outPath);
+      try {
+        file.writeContent(outputStream);
+      } finally {
+        await outputStream.close();
+      }
+    }
+  } finally {
+    await input.close();
+  }
+}
+
 Future<MigrationData> _restoreTask(RootIsolateToken token) async {
   BackgroundIsolateBinaryMessenger.ensureInitialized(token);
   final backupFilePath = await appPath.backupFilePath;
   final restoreDirPath = await appPath.restoreDirPath;
   final homeDirPath = await appPath.homeDirPath;
-  final zipDecoder = ZipDecoder();
-  final input = InputFileStream(backupFilePath);
-  final archive = zipDecoder.decodeStream(input);
-  final dir = Directory(restoreDirPath);
-  await dir.create(recursive: true);
-  for (final file in archive.files) {
-    final outPath = join(restoreDirPath, posix.normalize(file.name));
-    final outputStream = OutputFileStream(outPath);
-    file.writeContent(outputStream);
-    await outputStream.close();
-  }
-  await input.close();
+  await restoreBackupArchive(backupFilePath, restoreDirPath);
   final restoreConfigFile = File(join(restoreDirPath, configJsonName));
   if (!await restoreConfigFile.exists()) {
     throw currentAppLocalizations.invalidBackupFile;
diff --git a/test/common/task_test.dart b/test/common/task_test.dart
index a5549de..7101286 100644
--- a/test/common/task_test.dart
+++ b/test/common/task_test.dart
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import 'dart:io';
 
+import 'package:archive/archive.dart';
 import 'package:fl_clash/common/common.dart';
 import 'package:fl_clash/enum/enum.dart';
 import 'package:fl_clash/models/models.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
 
 void main() {
   group('legacy backup identifiers', () {
@@ -21,6 +23,30 @@ void main() {
     });
   });
 
+  test('releases a backup file when extraction fails', () async {
+    final directory = await Directory.systemTemp.createTemp(
+      'fl_clash_restore_lock_test_',
+    );
+    addTearDown(() => directory.delete(recursive: true));
+    final backupFile = File(p.join(directory.path, 'backup.zip'));
+    final restoreDir = Directory(p.join(directory.path, 'restore'));
+    await restoreDir.create();
+    await Directory(p.join(restoreDir.path, configJsonName)).create();
+    final archive = Archive()
+      ..addFile(ArchiveFile.string(configJsonName, '{}'));
+    final zipBytes = ZipEncoder().encodeBytes(archive);
+    await backupFile.writeAsBytes(zipBytes);
+
+    await expectLater(
+      restoreBackupArchive(backupFile.path, restoreDir.path),
+      throwsA(isA<FileSystemException>()),
+    );
+
+    final result = await Process.run('lsof', ['-Fn', '-p', '$pid']);
+    expect(result.exitCode, 0);
+    expect(result.stdout, isNot(contains(backupFile.path)));
+  });
+
   test('profile ipv6 value wins over the client fallback', () {
     final result = applyCorePatchConfig(
       rawConfig: {'ipv6': true, 'ip-version': 'ipv6-prefer'},