diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java b/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java
index 012118c60f6d07925b99de3cfa7a40bb8c10b7c6..d6934f47b485ca77d320f6beaa45770a705951e1 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java
@@ -3348,8 +3348,8 @@ public final class Files {
         // ensure lines is not null before opening file
         Objects.requireNonNull(lines);
         CharsetEncoder encoder = cs.newEncoder();
-        OutputStream out = newOutputStream(path, options);
-        try (BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(out, encoder))) {
+        try (OutputStream out = newOutputStream(path, options);
+             BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(out, encoder))) {
             for (CharSequence line: lines) {
                 writer.append(line);
                 writer.newLine();