diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/junit/SuiteResult.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/junit/SuiteResult.java
index 0b484cec9fafaea92d8784ff295dd5c83ccaa3ed..ed5965789a2a3ae42188c38f113c8fbf7074831a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/junit/SuiteResult.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/junit/SuiteResult.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ package hudson.tasks.junit;
 import hudson.tasks.test.TestObject;
 import hudson.util.IOException2;
 import hudson.util.io.ParserConfigurator;
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.dom4j.Document;
 import org.dom4j.DocumentException;
 import org.dom4j.Element;
@@ -209,14 +210,22 @@ public final class SuiteResult implements Serializable {
                 File mavenOutputFile = new File(xmlReport.getParentFile(),m.group(1)+"-output.txt");
                 if (mavenOutputFile.exists()) {
                     try {
-                        RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(mavenOutputFile, "r");
-                        try {
-                            ByteBuffer bb = raf.getChannel().map(FileChannel.MapMode.READ_ONLY, 0, mavenOutputFile.length());
-                            CharBuffer cb = Charset.defaultCharset().decode(bb);
-                            stdout = CaseResult.possiblyTrimStdio(cases, keepLongStdio, cb);
-                        } finally {
-                            raf.close();
+                        CharSequence out;
+                        long sz = mavenOutputFile.length();
+                        if (sz<64*1024) {
+                            out = FileUtils.readFileToString(mavenOutputFile);
+                        } else {
+                            // memory mapped files have unpredictable release timing, which blocks file deletion on Windows.
+                            // so don't do this unless there's a clear saving
+                            RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(mavenOutputFile, "r");
+                            try {
+                                ByteBuffer bb = raf.getChannel().map(FileChannel.MapMode.READ_ONLY, 0, sz);
+                                out = Charset.defaultCharset().decode(bb);
+                            } finally {
+                                raf.close();
+                            }
                         }
+                        stdout = CaseResult.possiblyTrimStdio(cases, keepLongStdio, out);
                     } catch (IOException e) {
                         throw new IOException2("Failed to read "+mavenOutputFile,e);
                     }