diff --git a/qcodes/instrument/ip_to_visa.py b/qcodes/instrument/ip_to_visa.py
index c62c9b7335d..bf74c41c567 100644
--- a/qcodes/instrument/ip_to_visa.py
+++ b/qcodes/instrument/ip_to_visa.py
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ def close(self) -> None:
                 # https://github.com/QCoDeS/Qcodes/issues/5356 and
                 # https://github.com/pyvisa/pyvisa-sim/issues/82
                 self.resource_manager.visalib._init()
-        super().close()
 
         # Instrument close
         if hasattr(self, 'connection') and hasattr(self.connection, 'close'):