diff --git a/collectors/domain_stats.go b/collectors/domain_stats.go
index f3e9c46..50f7260 100644
--- a/collectors/domain_stats.go
+++ b/collectors/domain_stats.go
@@ -313,7 +313,13 @@ func (c *DomainStatsCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 		log.Errorln(err)
 		return
 	}
-	defer conn.Close()
+
+	defer func() {
+		_, err := conn.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorln(err)
+		}
+	}()
 
 	stats, err := conn.GetAllDomainStats(
 		[]*libvirt.Domain{},
diff --git a/collectors/version.go b/collectors/version.go
index 100c454..f0372f5 100644
--- a/collectors/version.go
+++ b/collectors/version.go
@@ -52,7 +52,13 @@ func (c *VersionCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 		log.Errorln(err)
 		return
 	}
-	defer conn.Close()
+
+	defer func() {
+		_, err := conn.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorln(err)
+		}
+	}()
 
 	hypervisorType, err := conn.GetType()
 	if err != nil {