diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/org/apache/sanselan/util/IOUtils.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/org/apache/sanselan/util/IOUtils.java
index 33a7fff56da8..30d9ea52f300 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/org/apache/sanselan/util/IOUtils.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/org/apache/sanselan/util/IOUtils.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import java.io.*;
 /**
  * For plugin compatibility only, DO NOT USE.
  * todo check external usages & DELETE ASAP.
- *
+ * <p>
  * Required due to sanselan-0.98 -> commons-imaging migration.
  * e791557ca1489b02d178aa68960d645ab501e674
  */
@@ -57,14 +57,16 @@ public class IOUtils {
     finally {
       if (close_streams) {
         try {
-          dst.close();
+          src.close();
         }
         catch (IOException ignore) {
         }
-        try {
-          dst.close();
-        }
-        catch (IOException ignore) {
+        finally {
+          try {
+            dst.close();
+          }
+          catch (IOException ignore) {
+          }
         }
       }
     }