diff --git a/client/mysqldump.c b/client/mysqldump.c
index fbd8ae351b2..53cb06be6f3 100644
--- a/client/mysqldump.c
+++ b/client/mysqldump.c
@@ -1585,6 +1585,9 @@ static uint get_table_structure(char *table, char *db, char *table_type,
         }
         mysql_free_result(result);
 
+        if (path)
+          my_fclose(sql_file, MYF(MY_WME));
+
         seen_views= 1;
         DBUG_RETURN(0);
       }
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result b/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result
index acb9b9af276..f9714e067e6 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result
@@ -2743,6 +2743,25 @@ end	AFTER	#		root@localhost
 drop trigger tr1;
 drop trigger tr2;
 drop table t1, t2;
+create table t (qty int, price int);
+insert into t values(3, 50);
+insert into t values(5, 51);
+create view v1 as select qty, price, qty*price as value from t;
+create view v2 as select qty from v1;
+mysqldump {
+/*!50001 CREATE ALGORITHM=UNDEFINED */
+/*!50013 DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` SQL SECURITY DEFINER */
+/*!50001 VIEW `v1` AS select `t`.`qty` AS `qty`,`t`.`price` AS `price`,(`t`.`qty` * `t`.`price`) AS `value` from `t` */;
+
+} mysqldump {
+/*!50001 CREATE ALGORITHM=UNDEFINED */
+/*!50013 DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` SQL SECURITY DEFINER */
+/*!50001 VIEW `v2` AS select `v1`.`qty` AS `qty` from `v1` */;
+
+} mysqldump
+drop view v1;
+drop view v2;
+drop table t;
 /*!50003 CREATE FUNCTION `f`() RETURNS bigint(20)
 return 42 */|
 /*!50003 CREATE PROCEDURE `p`()
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test b/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
index 4749141f7fe..b6a552adbde 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
@@ -1145,6 +1145,27 @@ drop trigger tr2;
 drop table t1, t2;
 
 
+#
+# Bug#18462 mysqldump does not dump view structures correctly
+#
+#
+create table t (qty int, price int);
+insert into t values(3, 50);
+insert into t values(5, 51);
+create view v1 as select qty, price, qty*price as value from t;
+create view v2 as select qty from v1;
+--echo mysqldump {
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --compact -F --tab . test
+--exec cat v1.sql
+--echo } mysqldump {
+--exec cat v2.sql
+--echo } mysqldump
+--rm v.sql t.sql t.txt
+drop view v1;
+drop view v2;
+drop table t;
+
+
 #
 # Bug#14857 Reading dump files with single statement stored routines fails.
 # fixed by patch for bug#16878