diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/fsdataset/impl/FsDatasetImpl.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/fsdataset/impl/FsDatasetImpl.java
index d4375cdfd7..095bc8f073 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/fsdataset/impl/FsDatasetImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/fsdataset/impl/FsDatasetImpl.java
@@ -1086,8 +1086,10 @@ static void computeChecksum(ReplicaInfo srcReplica, File dstMeta,
       // calculate and write the last crc
       checksum.calculateChunkedSums(data, 0, offset, crcs, 0);
       metaOut.write(crcs, 0, 4);
+      metaOut.close();
+      metaOut = null;
     } finally {
-      IOUtils.cleanup(null, metaOut);
+      IOUtils.closeStream(metaOut);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageTestUtil.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageTestUtil.java
index 1256eb1f42..7be645f36e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageTestUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageTestUtil.java
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ public static String getImageFileMD5IgnoringTxId(File imageFile)
       try {
         raf.seek(IMAGE_TXID_POS);
         raf.writeLong(0);
+        raf.close();
+        raf = null;
       } finally {
         IOUtils.closeStream(raf);
       }
@@ -542,9 +544,12 @@ public static void corruptVersionFile(File versionFile, String key, String value
       
       out = new FileOutputStream(versionFile);
       props.store(out, null);
+      out.close();
+      out = null;
       
     } finally {
-      IOUtils.cleanup(null, fis, out);
+      IOUtils.closeStream(fis);
+      IOUtils.closeStream(out);
     }    
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/offlineImageViewer/TestOfflineImageViewer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/offlineImageViewer/TestOfflineImageViewer.java
index 5111265840..7574cbf4df 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/offlineImageViewer/TestOfflineImageViewer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/offlineImageViewer/TestOfflineImageViewer.java
@@ -340,9 +340,11 @@ private void copyPartOfFile(File src, File dest) throws IOException {
       in = new FileInputStream(src);
       out = new FileOutputStream(dest);
       in.getChannel().transferTo(0, MAX_BYTES, out.getChannel());
+      out.close();
+      out = null;
     } finally {
-      IOUtils.cleanup(null, in);
-      IOUtils.cleanup(null, out);
+      IOUtils.closeStream(in);
+      IOUtils.closeStream(out);
     }
   }