@@ -478,8 +478,15 @@ def fwalk(top=".", topdown=True, onerror=None, *, follow_symlinks=False, dir_fd=
         top = fspath(top)
         stack = [(_fwalk_walk, (True, dir_fd, top, top, None))]
         isbytes = isinstance(top, bytes)
-        while stack:
-            yield from _fwalk(stack, isbytes, topdown, onerror, follow_symlinks)
+        try:
+            while stack:
+                yield from _fwalk(stack, isbytes, topdown, onerror, follow_symlinks)
+        finally:
+            # Close any file descriptors still on the stack.
+            while stack:
+                action, value = stack.pop()
+                if action == _fwalk_close:
+                    close(value)
 
     # Each item in the _fwalk() stack is a pair (action, args).
     _fwalk_walk = 0  # args: (isroot, dirfd, toppath, topname, entry)
 
@@ -1671,6 +1671,27 @@ def test_fd_leak(self):
         self.addCleanup(os.close, newfd)
         self.assertEqual(newfd, minfd)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(
+        support.is_emscripten, "Cannot dup stdout on Emscripten"
+    )
+    @unittest.skipIf(
+        support.is_android, "dup return value is unpredictable on Android"
+    )
+    def test_fd_finalization(self):
+        # Check that close()ing the fwalk() generator closes FDs
+        def getfd():
+            fd = os.dup(1)
+            os.close(fd)
+            return fd
+        for topdown in (False, True):
+            old_fd = getfd()
+            it = self.fwalk(os_helper.TESTFN, topdown=topdown)
+            self.assertEqual(getfd(), old_fd)
+            next(it)
+            self.assertGreater(getfd(), old_fd)
+            it.close()
+            self.assertEqual(getfd(), old_fd)
+
     # fwalk() keeps file descriptors open
     test_walk_many_open_files = None