diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TarFormat.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TarFormat.java
index f90573ebc..23f4beda1 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TarFormat.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/TarFormat.java
@@ -93,11 +93,8 @@ public class TarFormat implements ArchiveCommand.Format<ArchiveOutputStream> {
 		}
 		entry.setSize(loader.getSize());
 		out.putArchiveEntry(entry);
-		try {
-			loader.copyTo(out);
-		} finally {
-			out.closeArchiveEntry();
-		}
+		loader.copyTo(out);
+		out.closeArchiveEntry();
 	}
 
 	public Iterable<String> suffixes() {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/ZipFormat.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/ZipFormat.java
index be7264bd8..00c962bc9 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/ZipFormat.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.archive/src/org/eclipse/jgit/archive/ZipFormat.java
@@ -82,11 +82,8 @@ public class ZipFormat implements ArchiveCommand.Format<ArchiveOutputStream> {
 		}
 		entry.setSize(loader.getSize());
 		out.putArchiveEntry(entry);
-		try {
-			loader.copyTo(out);
-		} finally {
-			out.closeArchiveEntry();
-		}
+		loader.copyTo(out);
+		out.closeArchiveEntry();
 	}
 
 	public Iterable<String> suffixes() {