diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/slaves/SlaveComputer.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/slaves/SlaveComputer.java
index 666a4b9111eea3a37472999d988b2b73a94d6ce4..02e11a9824fa85763d75c7500122fc8f4317c62b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/slaves/SlaveComputer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/slaves/SlaveComputer.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 package hudson.slaves;
 
 import hudson.model.*;
+import hudson.util.IOUtils;
 import hudson.util.io.ReopenableRotatingFileOutputStream;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins.MasterComputer;
 import hudson.remoting.Channel;
@@ -470,6 +471,7 @@ public class SlaveComputer extends Computer {
     protected void kill() {
         super.kill();
         closeChannel();
+        IOUtils.closeQuietly(log);
     }
 
     public RetentionStrategy getRetentionStrategy() {