diff --git a/artemis-journal/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/io/AbstractSequentialFile.java b/artemis-journal/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/io/AbstractSequentialFile.java
index 5665e571c4..0c6dcdfc36 100644
--- a/artemis-journal/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/io/AbstractSequentialFile.java
+++ b/artemis-journal/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/io/AbstractSequentialFile.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.io;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
@@ -117,6 +118,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSequentialFile implements SequentialFile {
          FileIOUtil.copyData(this, newFileName, buffer);
          newFileName.close();
          this.close();
+      } catch (ClosedChannelException e) {
+         throw e;
       } catch (IOException e) {
          factory.onIOError(new ActiveMQIOErrorException(e.getMessage(), e), e.getMessage(), this);
          throw e;
@@ -140,6 +143,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSequentialFile implements SequentialFile {
    public final void renameTo(final String newFileName) throws IOException, InterruptedException, ActiveMQException {
       try {
          close();
+      } catch (ClosedChannelException e) {
+         throw e;
       } catch (IOException e) {
          factory.onIOError(new ActiveMQIOErrorException(e.getMessage(), e), e.getMessage(), this);
          throw e;