1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/gnu/java/nio/channels/FileChannelImpl.java b/libjava/gnu/java/nio/channels/FileChannelImpl.java
index f4686b26d4f..8b3d0fc86b3 100644
--- a/libjava/gnu/java/nio/channels/FileChannelImpl.java
+++ b/libjava/gnu/java/nio/channels/FileChannelImpl.java
@@ -115,11 +115,6 @@ public final class FileChannelImpl extends FileChannel
     this.mode = mode;
   }
 
-  protected void finalize() throws Throwable
-  {
-    close();
-  }
-
   public static FileChannelImpl in;
   public static FileChannelImpl out;
   public static FileChannelImpl err;
@@ -137,6 +132,14 @@ public final class FileChannelImpl extends FileChannel
     
   protected native void implCloseChannel() throws IOException;
 
+  /**
+   * Makes sure the Channel is properly closed.
+   */
+  protected void finalize() throws IOException
+  {
+    this.close();
+  }
+
   public int read (ByteBuffer dst) throws IOException
   {
     int result;