diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ChecksumFileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ChecksumFileSystem.java
index 46a235af5e7..e2f078004f9 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ChecksumFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ChecksumFileSystem.java
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ public int read(long position, byte[] b, int off, int len)
                new ChecksumFSInputChecker(fs, file)) {
         checker.seek(position);
         nread = checker.read(b, off, len);
-        checker.close();
       }
       return nread;
     }
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ChecksumFs.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ChecksumFs.java
index e5cecf65c54..a326adb38fa 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ChecksumFs.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ChecksumFs.java
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ public int read(long position, byte[] b, int off, int len)
                new ChecksumFSInputChecker(fs, file)) {
         checker.seek(position);
         nread = checker.read(b, off, len);
-        checker.close();
       }
       return nread;
     }