diff --git a/rpmio/rpmio.c b/rpmio/rpmio.c
index c0595f834..8d80138a8 100644
--- a/rpmio/rpmio.c
+++ b/rpmio/rpmio.c
@@ -2373,9 +2373,7 @@ static int gzdClose( /*@only@*/ void * cookie)
 DBGIO(fd, (stderr, "==>\tgzdClose(%p) zerror %d %s\n", cookie, rc, fdbg(fd)));
 /*@=modfilesys@*/
 	if (rc < 0) {
-	    /*@-usereleased@*/
-	    fd->errcookie = gzerror(gzfile, &rc);
-	    /*@=usereleased@*/
+	    fd->errcookie = "gzclose error";
 	    if (rc == Z_ERRNO) {
 		fd->syserrno = errno;
 		fd->errcookie = strerror(fd->syserrno);
diff --git a/zlib/zlib.h b/zlib/zlib.h
index b7aa24452..a4591059f 100644
--- a/zlib/zlib.h
+++ b/zlib/zlib.h
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT gzeof OF((gzFile file))
    input stream, otherwise zero.
 */
 
-ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT    gzclose OF((gzFile file))
+ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT    gzclose OF((/*@only@*/ gzFile file))
 	/*@globals fileSystem @*/
 	/*@modifies file, fileSystem @*/;
 /*