diff --git a/src/Curl/Curl.php b/src/Curl/Curl.php
index 19ced4e..2fdf12e 100644
--- a/src/Curl/Curl.php
+++ b/src/Curl/Curl.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace Curl;
 
 class Curl
 {
-    const VERSION = '4.7.0';
+    const VERSION = '4.7.1';
     const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 30;
 
     public $curl;
diff --git a/src/Curl/MultiCurl.php b/src/Curl/MultiCurl.php
index 4737c4d..eeb53f1 100644
--- a/src/Curl/MultiCurl.php
+++ b/src/Curl/MultiCurl.php
@@ -261,7 +261,9 @@ class MultiCurl
             $ch->close();
         }
 
-        curl_multi_close($this->multiCurl);
+        if (is_resource($this->multiCurl)) {
+            curl_multi_close($this->multiCurl);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPMultiCurlClassTest.php b/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPMultiCurlClassTest.php
index 796e299..af2d2f5 100644
--- a/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPMultiCurlClassTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPMultiCurlClassTest.php
@@ -1988,4 +1988,14 @@ class MultiCurlTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             $this->assertTrue(in_array($url, $urls_called, true));
         }
     }
+
+    public function testClose()
+    {
+        $multi_curl = new MultiCurl();
+        $multi_curl->addGet(Test::TEST_URL);
+        $multi_curl->start();
+        $this->assertTrue(is_resource($multi_curl->multiCurl));
+        $multi_curl->close();
+        $this->assertFalse(is_resource($multi_curl->multiCurl));
+    }
 }