diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/sftp/SFTPFileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/sftp/SFTPFileSystem.java
index 297ec048e5..abfd24d68d 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/sftp/SFTPFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/sftp/SFTPFileSystem.java
@@ -709,11 +709,11 @@ public FileStatus getFileStatus(Path f) throws IOException {
 
   @Override
   public void close() throws IOException {
-    if (closed.getAndSet(true)) {
-      return;
-    }
     try {
       super.close();
+      if (closed.getAndSet(true)) {
+        return;
+      }
     } finally {
       if (connectionPool != null) {
         connectionPool.shutdown();