diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
index f8ad490c7..f77d72ae5 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.JGitText;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ConfigConstants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileMode;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectReader;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevTree;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.treewalk.AbstractTreeIterator;
@@ -309,29 +308,24 @@ public class ResolveMerger extends ThreeWayMerger {
 	}
 
 	private void checkout() throws NoWorkTreeException, IOException {
-		ObjectReader r = db.getObjectDatabase().newReader();
-		try {
-			for (Map.Entry<String, DirCacheEntry> entry : toBeCheckedOut
-					.entrySet()) {
-				File f = new File(db.getWorkTree(), entry.getKey());
-				createDir(f.getParentFile());
-				DirCacheCheckout.checkoutEntry(db, f, entry.getValue(), r);
-				modifiedFiles.add(entry.getKey());
-			}
-			// Iterate in reverse so that "folder/file" is deleted before
-			// "folder". Otherwise this could result in a failing path because
-			// of a non-empty directory, for which delete() would fail.
-			for (int i = toBeDeleted.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-				String fileName = toBeDeleted.get(i);
-				File f = new File(db.getWorkTree(), fileName);
-				if (!f.delete())
-					if (!f.isDirectory())
-						failingPaths.put(fileName,
-								MergeFailureReason.COULD_NOT_DELETE);
-				modifiedFiles.add(fileName);
-			}
-		} finally {
-			r.release();
+		for (Map.Entry<String, DirCacheEntry> entry : toBeCheckedOut
+				.entrySet()) {
+			File f = new File(db.getWorkTree(), entry.getKey());
+			createDir(f.getParentFile());
+			DirCacheCheckout.checkoutEntry(db, f, entry.getValue(), reader);
+			modifiedFiles.add(entry.getKey());
+		}
+		// Iterate in reverse so that "folder/file" is deleted before
+		// "folder". Otherwise this could result in a failing path because
+		// of a non-empty directory, for which delete() would fail.
+		for (int i = toBeDeleted.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+			String fileName = toBeDeleted.get(i);
+			File f = new File(db.getWorkTree(), fileName);
+			if (!f.delete())
+				if (!f.isDirectory())
+					failingPaths.put(fileName,
+							MergeFailureReason.COULD_NOT_DELETE);
+			modifiedFiles.add(fileName);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -368,7 +362,6 @@ public class ResolveMerger extends ThreeWayMerger {
 		}
 
 		DirCache dc = db.readDirCache();
-		ObjectReader or = db.getObjectDatabase().newReader();
 		Iterator<String> mpathsIt=modifiedFiles.iterator();
 		while(mpathsIt.hasNext()) {
 			String mpath=mpathsIt.next();
@@ -378,7 +371,7 @@ public class ResolveMerger extends ThreeWayMerger {
 			FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File(
 					db.getWorkTree(), mpath));
 			try {
-				or.open(entry.getObjectId()).copyTo(fos);
+				reader.open(entry.getObjectId()).copyTo(fos);
 			} finally {
 				fos.close();
 			}