diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/WrapperInit.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/WrapperInit.java
index 790d7f7ab6946..6860759eea8ae 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/WrapperInit.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/WrapperInit.java
@@ -69,15 +69,16 @@ public class WrapperInit {
         // Tell the Zygote what our actual PID is (since it only knows about the
         // wrapper that it directly forked).
         if (fdNum != 0) {
+            FileDescriptor fd = new FileDescriptor();
             try {
-                FileDescriptor fd = new FileDescriptor();
                 fd.setInt$(fdNum);
                 DataOutputStream os = new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(fd));
                 os.writeInt(Process.myPid());
                 os.close();
-                IoUtils.closeQuietly(fd);
             } catch (IOException ex) {
                 Slog.d(TAG, "Could not write pid of wrapped process to Zygote pipe.", ex);
+            } finally {
+                IoUtils.closeQuietly(fd);
             }
         }