diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/IndexPack.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/IndexPack.java
index ade9ffed8..be82a2f5d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/IndexPack.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/IndexPack.java
@@ -424,13 +424,6 @@ public void index(final ProgressMonitor progress) throws IOException {
 					writeIdx();
 
 			} finally {
-				try {
-					InflaterCache.release(inflater);
-				} finally {
-					inflater = null;
-					objectDatabase.close();
-				}
-
 				try {
 					if (readCurs != null)
 						readCurs.release();
@@ -438,6 +431,13 @@ public void index(final ProgressMonitor progress) throws IOException {
 					readCurs = null;
 				}
 
+				try {
+					InflaterCache.release(inflater);
+				} finally {
+					inflater = null;
+					objectDatabase.close();
+				}
+
 				progress.endTask();
 				if (packOut != null)
 					packOut.close();