diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index f33d02a834..d428d8a33c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ Release 0.22.0 - Unreleased
 
     HADOOP-7154. Should set MALLOC_ARENA_MAX in hadoop-env.sh (todd)
 
+    HADOOP-7187. Fix socket leak in GangliaContext.  (Uma Maheswara Rao G
+    via szetszwo)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HADOOP-6884. Add LOG.isDebugEnabled() guard for each LOG.debug(..).
@@ -604,8 +607,8 @@ Release 0.21.1 - Unreleased
     HADOOP-7174. Null is displayed in the "fs -copyToLocal" command.
     (Uma Maheswara Rao G via szetszwo)
 
-    HADOOP-7187. Fix socket leak in GangliaContext.  (Uma Maheswara Rao G
-    via szetszwo)
+    HADOOP-7194. Fix resource leak in IOUtils.copyBytes(..).
+    (Devaraj K via szetszwo)
 
 Release 0.21.0 - 2010-08-13
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/IOUtils.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/IOUtils.java
index f7d27a7aeb..ca6df1bd7e 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/IOUtils.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/IOUtils.java
@@ -47,10 +47,16 @@ public class IOUtils {
 
     try {
       copyBytes(in, out, buffSize);
-    } finally {
       if(close) {
         out.close();
+        out = null;
         in.close();
+        in = null;
+      }
+    } finally {
+      if(close) {
+        closeStream(out);
+        closeStream(in);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/io/TestIOUtils.java b/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/io/TestIOUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44d03ea453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/core/org/apache/hadoop/io/TestIOUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.io;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+
+/**
+ * Test cases for IOUtils.java
+ */
+public class TestIOUtils {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCopyBytesShouldCloseStreamsWhenCloseIsTrue() throws Exception {
+    InputStream inputStream = Mockito.mock(InputStream.class);
+    OutputStream outputStream = Mockito.mock(OutputStream.class);
+    Mockito.doReturn(-1).when(inputStream).read(new byte[1]);
+    IOUtils.copyBytes(inputStream, outputStream, 1, true);
+    Mockito.verify(inputStream, Mockito.atLeastOnce()).close();
+    Mockito.verify(outputStream, Mockito.atLeastOnce()).close();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCopyBytesShouldCloseInputSteamWhenOutputStreamCloseThrowsException()
+      throws Exception {
+    InputStream inputStream = Mockito.mock(InputStream.class);
+    OutputStream outputStream = Mockito.mock(OutputStream.class);
+    Mockito.doReturn(-1).when(inputStream).read(new byte[1]);
+    Mockito.doThrow(new IOException()).when(outputStream).close();
+    try{
+      IOUtils.copyBytes(inputStream, outputStream, 1, true);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+    }
+    Mockito.verify(inputStream, Mockito.atLeastOnce()).close();
+    Mockito.verify(outputStream, Mockito.atLeastOnce()).close();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCopyBytesShouldNotCloseStreamsWhenCloseIsFalse()
+      throws Exception {
+    InputStream inputStream = Mockito.mock(InputStream.class);
+    OutputStream outputStream = Mockito.mock(OutputStream.class);
+    Mockito.doReturn(-1).when(inputStream).read(new byte[1]);
+    IOUtils.copyBytes(inputStream, outputStream, 1, false);
+    Mockito.verify(inputStream, Mockito.atMost(0)).close();
+    Mockito.verify(outputStream, Mockito.atMost(0)).close();
+  }
+}