diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParser.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParser.java
index 2370ae14c..8a35d35fe 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParser.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParser.java
@@ -215,10 +215,13 @@ public class ManifestParser extends DefaultHandler {
 						attributes.getValue("dest"))); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		} else if ("include".equals(qName)) { //$NON-NLS-1$
 			String name = attributes.getValue("name"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-			InputStream is = null;
 			if (includedReader != null) {
-				try {
-					is = includedReader.readIncludeFile(name);
+				try (InputStream is = includedReader.readIncludeFile(name)) {
+					if (is == null) {
+						throw new SAXException(
+								RepoText.get().errorIncludeNotImplemented);
+					}
+					read(is);
 				} catch (Exception e) {
 					throw new SAXException(MessageFormat.format(
 							RepoText.get().errorIncludeFile, name), e);
@@ -226,22 +229,13 @@ public class ManifestParser extends DefaultHandler {
 			} else if (filename != null) {
 				int index = filename.lastIndexOf('/');
 				String path = filename.substring(0, index + 1) + name;
-				try {
-					is = new FileInputStream(path);
+				try (InputStream is = new FileInputStream(path)) {
+					read(is);
 				} catch (IOException e) {
 					throw new SAXException(MessageFormat.format(
 							RepoText.get().errorIncludeFile, path), e);
 				}
 			}
-			if (is == null) {
-				throw new SAXException(
-						RepoText.get().errorIncludeNotImplemented);
-			}
-			try {
-				read(is);
-			} catch (IOException e) {
-				throw new SAXException(e);
-			}
 		}
 	}