diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java
index f058f799d..53901f589 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java
@@ -322,12 +322,9 @@ public class CloneCommand extends TransportCommand<CloneCommand, Git> {
 	private RevCommit parseCommit(final Repository clonedRepo, final Ref ref)
 			throws MissingObjectException, IncorrectObjectTypeException,
 			IOException {
-		final RevWalk rw = new RevWalk(clonedRepo);
 		final RevCommit commit;
-		try {
+		try (final RevWalk rw = new RevWalk(clonedRepo)) {
 			commit = rw.parseCommit(ref.getObjectId());
-		} finally {
-			rw.release();
 		}
 		return commit;
 	}