diff --git a/email/worker.go b/email/worker.go
index 5437090297c65eea3cd0ae0c6c3341709c61d7de..6d0bd9ef00c7a182d1d47c8eac98cb01b7d2519c 100644
--- a/email/worker.go
+++ b/email/worker.go
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ 		} else {
 			cleartext = nopWriteCloser{&buf}
 		}
 	}
-	defer cleartext.Close()
 
 	var inlineHeader mail.Header
 	inlineHeader.SetContentType("text/plain", map[string]string{
@@ -168,12 +167,13 @@ 	body, err := mail.CreateSingleInlineWriter(cleartext, inlineHeader)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	defer body.Close()
 
 	_, err = io.Copy(body, bodyReader)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	body.Close()
+	cleartext.Close()
 
 	return queue.Enqueue(NewTask(buf.Bytes(), rcpts))
 }