diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevObjectTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevObjectTest.java
index a768bef19..95e7ca6d5 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevObjectTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevObjectTest.java
@@ -73,9 +73,12 @@ public void testEquals() throws Exception {
 		assertTrue(a1.equals((Object) a1));
 		assertFalse(a1.equals(""));
 
-		final RevWalk rw2 = new RevWalk(db);
-		final RevCommit a2 = rw2.parseCommit(a1);
-		final RevCommit b2 = rw2.parseCommit(b1);
+		final RevCommit a2;
+		final RevCommit b2;
+		try (final RevWalk rw2 = new RevWalk(db)) {
+			a2 = rw2.parseCommit(a1);
+			b2 = rw2.parseCommit(b1);
+		}
 		assertNotSame(a1, a2);
 		assertNotSame(b1, b2);