diff --git a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/SegmentMerger.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/SegmentMerger.java
index 6b6bc74f153..fac20c47552 100644
--- a/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/SegmentMerger.java
+++ b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/SegmentMerger.java
@@ -574,37 +574,37 @@ final class SegmentMerger {
     final List<Bits> perDocBits = new ArrayList<Bits>();
     final List<Integer> perDocBitsStarts = new ArrayList<Integer>();
     int docBase = 0;
-    try {
-      for(IndexReader r : readers) {
-        final int maxDoc = r.maxDoc();
-        final PerDocValues producer = r.perDocValues();
-        if (producer != null) {
-          perDocSlices.add(new ReaderUtil.Slice(docBase, maxDoc, perDocProducers.size()));
-          perDocProducers.add(producer);
-          perDocBits.add(r.getLiveDocs());
-          perDocBitsStarts.add(docBase);
-        }
-        docBase += maxDoc;
+    for (IndexReader r : readers) {
+      final int maxDoc = r.maxDoc();
+      final PerDocValues producer = r.perDocValues();
+      if (producer != null) {
+        perDocSlices.add(new ReaderUtil.Slice(docBase, maxDoc, perDocProducers
+            .size()));
+        perDocProducers.add(producer);
+        perDocBits.add(r.getLiveDocs());
+        perDocBitsStarts.add(docBase);
       }
-      perDocBitsStarts.add(docBase);
-      if (!perDocSlices.isEmpty()) {
-        mergeState.multiLiveDocs = new MultiBits(perDocBits, perDocBitsStarts, true);
-        final PerDocConsumer docsConsumer = codec
-            .docsConsumer(new PerDocWriteState(segmentWriteState));
-        boolean success = false;
-        try {
-          final MultiPerDocValues multiPerDocValues = new MultiPerDocValues(perDocProducers
-              .toArray(PerDocValues.EMPTY_ARRAY), perDocSlices
-              .toArray(ReaderUtil.Slice.EMPTY_ARRAY));
-          docsConsumer.merge(mergeState, multiPerDocValues);
-          success = true;
-        } finally {
-          IOUtils.closeSafely(!success, docsConsumer);
-        }
-      }
-    } finally {
-      IOUtils.closeSafely(false, perDocProducers);
+      docBase += maxDoc;
     }
+    perDocBitsStarts.add(docBase);
+    if (!perDocSlices.isEmpty()) {
+      mergeState.multiLiveDocs = new MultiBits(perDocBits, perDocBitsStarts,
+          true);
+      final PerDocConsumer docsConsumer = codec
+          .docsConsumer(new PerDocWriteState(segmentWriteState));
+      boolean success = false;
+      try {
+        final MultiPerDocValues multiPerDocValues = new MultiPerDocValues(
+            perDocProducers.toArray(PerDocValues.EMPTY_ARRAY),
+            perDocSlices.toArray(ReaderUtil.Slice.EMPTY_ARRAY));
+        docsConsumer.merge(mergeState, multiPerDocValues);
+        success = true;
+      } finally {
+        IOUtils.closeSafely(!success, docsConsumer);
+      }
+    }
+    /* don't close the perDocProducers here since they are private segment producers
+     * and will be closed once the SegmentReader goes out of scope */ 
   }
 
   private MergeState mergeState;