diff --git a/jcl-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/SimpleLog.java b/jcl-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/SimpleLog.java
index 236214bf..96b6422d 100644
--- a/jcl-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/SimpleLog.java
+++ b/jcl-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/SimpleLog.java
@@ -157,10 +157,15 @@ public class SimpleLog implements Log, Serializable {
         if (null != in) {
             try {
                 simpleLogProps.load(in);
-                in.close();
             } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
                 // ignored
-            }
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    in.close();
+                } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
+                    // ignored
+                }
+            }    
         }
 
         showLogName = getBooleanProperty(systemPrefix + "showlogname", showLogName);
diff --git a/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/SimpleLogger.java b/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/SimpleLogger.java
index bcca82fa..0f3966ad 100644
--- a/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/SimpleLogger.java
+++ b/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/SimpleLogger.java
@@ -245,9 +245,14 @@ public class SimpleLogger extends MarkerIgnoringBase {
         if (null != in) {
             try {
                 SIMPLE_LOGGER_PROPS.load(in);
-                in.close();
             } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
                 // ignored
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    in.close();
+                } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
+                    // ignored
+                }
             }
         }
     }