diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BundleWriter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BundleWriter.java
index d0f005cde..81ad98191 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BundleWriter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BundleWriter.java
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ public void writeBundle(ProgressMonitor monitor, OutputStream os)
 		PackConfig pc = packConfig;
 		if (pc == null)
 			pc = new PackConfig(db);
-		PackWriter packWriter = new PackWriter(pc, db.newObjectReader());
-		try {
+		try (PackWriter packWriter = new PackWriter(pc, db.newObjectReader())) {
 			final HashSet<ObjectId> inc = new HashSet<ObjectId>();
 			final HashSet<ObjectId> exc = new HashSet<ObjectId>();
 			inc.addAll(include.values());
@@ -233,8 +232,6 @@ public void writeBundle(ProgressMonitor monitor, OutputStream os)
 			w.write('\n');
 			w.flush();
 			packWriter.writePack(monitor, monitor, os);
-		} finally {
-			packWriter.release();
 		}
 	}
 }