diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPack.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPack.java
index 520d37eca..86c6a148f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPack.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/UploadPack.java
@@ -1541,6 +1541,8 @@ private void sendPack(final boolean sideband,
 		PackConfig cfg = packConfig;
 		if (cfg == null)
 			cfg = new PackConfig(db);
+		@SuppressWarnings("resource") // PackWriter is referenced in the finally
+										// block, and is closed there
 		final PackWriter pw = new PackWriter(cfg, walk.getObjectReader(),
 				accumulator);
 		try {