diff --git a/src/windows/native/sun/net/spi/DefaultProxySelector.c b/src/windows/native/sun/net/spi/DefaultProxySelector.c
index 5eb484e17351945233edb21b3c3df6c60954d657..5171024e41c92fd30f51b1b845661d586e46cfd1 100644
--- a/src/windows/native/sun/net/spi/DefaultProxySelector.c
+++ b/src/windows/native/sun/net/spi/DefaultProxySelector.c
@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@ Java_sun_net_spi_DefaultProxySelector_getSystemProxy(JNIEnv *env,
           return proxy;
         }
       }
+    } else {
+      /* ProxyEnable == 0 or Query failed      */
+      /* close the handle to the registry key  */
+      RegCloseKey(hKey);
     }
   }