diff --git a/src/share/native/java/io/io_util.c b/src/share/native/java/io/io_util.c
index 547ff5a6504d6fcd0939d83ba37728ea69501809..c5ca5334fbd71b52426cf0cc2bcfcc5d3852e7a6 100644
--- a/src/share/native/java/io/io_util.c
+++ b/src/share/native/java/io/io_util.c
@@ -105,18 +105,18 @@ readBytes(JNIEnv *env, jobject this, jbyteArray bytes,
     fd = GET_FD(this, fid);
     if (fd == -1) {
         JNU_ThrowIOException(env, "Stream Closed");
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    nread = IO_Read(fd, buf, len);
-    if (nread > 0) {
-        (*env)->SetByteArrayRegion(env, bytes, off, nread, (jbyte *)buf);
-    } else if (nread == JVM_IO_ERR) {
-        JNU_ThrowIOExceptionWithLastError(env, "Read error");
-    } else if (nread == JVM_IO_INTR) { /* EOF */
-        JNU_ThrowByName(env, "java/io/InterruptedIOException", 0);
-    } else { /* EOF */
         nread = -1;
+    } else {
+        nread = IO_Read(fd, buf, len);
+        if (nread > 0) {
+            (*env)->SetByteArrayRegion(env, bytes, off, nread, (jbyte *)buf);
+        } else if (nread == JVM_IO_ERR) {
+            JNU_ThrowIOExceptionWithLastError(env, "Read error");
+        } else if (nread == JVM_IO_INTR) { /* EOF */
+            JNU_ThrowByName(env, "java/io/InterruptedIOException", 0);
+        } else { /* EOF */
+            nread = -1;
+        }
     }
 
     if (buf != stackBuf) {
diff --git a/test/java/io/readBytes/MemoryLeak.java b/test/java/io/readBytes/MemoryLeak.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6fa0c0313a975009ebb770d027242d64e325cb83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/java/io/readBytes/MemoryLeak.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 6791458
+ * @summary Reading from closed input files leaks native memory
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+public class MemoryLeak {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        byte[] bytes = new byte[1 << 20];
+        String dir = System.getProperty("test.src", ".");
+        File testFile = new File(dir, "input.txt");
+        FileInputStream s = new FileInputStream(testFile);
+        s.close();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
+            try {
+                s.read(bytes);
+                throw new Error("expected IOException");
+            } catch (IOException _) {
+                /* OK */
+            } catch (OutOfMemoryError oome) {
+                System.out.printf("Got OutOfMemoryError, i=%d%n", i);
+                throw oome;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}