diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/RepoCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/RepoCommand.java
index 86dbabca0..d18cd9748 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/RepoCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/RepoCommand.java
@@ -181,9 +181,8 @@ public class RepoCommand extends GitCommand<RevCommit> {
 				throws GitAPIException, IOException {
 			File dir = FileUtils.createTempDir("jgit_", ".git", null); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 			try (Git git = Git.cloneRepository().setBare(true).setDirectory(dir)
-					.setURI(uri).call();
-					Repository repo = git.getRepository()) {
-				return readFileFromRepo(repo, ref, path);
+					.setURI(uri).call()) {
+				return readFileFromRepo(git.getRepository(), ref, path);
 			} finally {
 				FileUtils.delete(dir, FileUtils.RECURSIVE);
 			}