diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java
index 8a89ba161..f2572835f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java
@@ -409,14 +409,11 @@ private DirCache createTemporaryIndex(ObjectId headId, DirCache index,
 									inserter = repo.newObjectInserter();
 								long contentLength = fTree
 										.getEntryContentLength();
-								InputStream inputStream = fTree
-										.openEntryStream();
-								try {
+								try (InputStream inputStream = fTree
+										.openEntryStream()) {
 									dcEntry.setObjectId(inserter.insert(
 											Constants.OBJ_BLOB, contentLength,
 											inputStream));
-								} finally {
-									inputStream.close();
 								}
 							}
 						}