diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/WalkFetchConnection.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/WalkFetchConnection.java
index c90cadf7b..13d4a24b0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/WalkFetchConnection.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/WalkFetchConnection.java
@@ -881,13 +881,17 @@ else if (tmpIdx.isFile()) {
 		void downloadPack(final ProgressMonitor monitor) throws IOException {
 			String name = "pack/" + packName; //$NON-NLS-1$
 			WalkRemoteObjectDatabase.FileStream s = connection.open(name);
-			PackParser parser = inserter.newPackParser(s.in);
-			parser.setAllowThin(false);
-			parser.setObjectChecker(objCheck);
-			parser.setLockMessage(lockMessage);
-			PackLock lock = parser.parse(monitor);
-			if (lock != null)
-				packLocks.add(lock);
+			try {
+				PackParser parser = inserter.newPackParser(s.in);
+				parser.setAllowThin(false);
+				parser.setObjectChecker(objCheck);
+				parser.setLockMessage(lockMessage);
+				PackLock lock = parser.parse(monitor);
+				if (lock != null)
+					packLocks.add(lock);
+			} finally {
+				s.in.close();
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }