diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Main.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Main.java
index 6a176b2397..cf8a168ba1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Main.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Main.java
@@ -137,23 +137,27 @@ public class Main {
             FileOutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(tmpFile);
 
             Writer w = new OutputStreamWriter(os,"UTF-8");
-            w.write("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>");
-            w.write("<run><log encoding='hexBinary' content-encoding='"+Charset.defaultCharset().name()+"'>");
-            w.flush();
+            int ret;
+            try {
+                w.write("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>");
+                w.write("<run><log encoding='hexBinary' content-encoding='"+Charset.defaultCharset().name()+"'>");
+                w.flush();
 
-            // run the command
-            long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                // run the command
+                long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
-            List<String> cmd = new ArrayList<String>();
-            for( int i=1; i<args.length; i++ )
-                cmd.add(args[i]);
-            Proc proc = new Proc.LocalProc(cmd.toArray(new String[0]),(String[])null,System.in,
-                new DualOutputStream(System.out,new EncodingStream(os)));
+                List<String> cmd = new ArrayList<String>();
+                for( int i=1; i<args.length; i++ )
+                    cmd.add(args[i]);
+                Proc proc = new Proc.LocalProc(cmd.toArray(new String[0]),(String[])null,System.in,
+                    new DualOutputStream(System.out,new EncodingStream(os)));
 
-            int ret = proc.join();
+                ret = proc.join();
 
-            w.write("</log><result>"+ret+"</result><duration>"+(System.currentTimeMillis()-start)+"</duration></run>");
-            w.close();
+                w.write("</log><result>"+ret+"</result><duration>"+(System.currentTimeMillis()-start)+"</duration></run>");
+            } finally {
+                IOUtils.closeQuietly(w);
+            }
 
             URL location = new URL(jobURL, "postBuildResult");
             while(true) {
@@ -170,8 +174,11 @@ public class Main {
                     con.connect();
                     // send the data
                     FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(tmpFile);
-                    Util.copyStream(in,con.getOutputStream());
-                    in.close();
+                    try {
+                        Util.copyStream(in,con.getOutputStream());
+                    } finally {
+                        IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
+                    }
 
                     if(con.getResponseCode()!=200) {
                         Util.copyStream(con.getErrorStream(),System.err);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/console/ConsoleNote.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/console/ConsoleNote.java
index e4402c1330..c27fec6364 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/console/ConsoleNote.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/console/ConsoleNote.java
@@ -171,16 +171,22 @@ public abstract class ConsoleNote<T> implements Serializable, Describable<Consol
     private ByteArrayOutputStream encodeToBytes() throws IOException {
         ByteArrayOutputStream buf = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
         ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(new GZIPOutputStream(buf));
-        oos.writeObject(this);
-        oos.close();
+        try {
+            oos.writeObject(this);
+        } finally {
+            oos.close();
+        }
 
         ByteArrayOutputStream buf2 = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 
         DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(new Base64OutputStream(buf2,true,-1,null));
-        buf2.write(PREAMBLE);
-        dos.writeInt(buf.size());
-        buf.writeTo(dos);
-        dos.close();
+        try {
+            buf2.write(PREAMBLE);
+            dos.writeInt(buf.size());
+            buf.writeTo(dos);
+        } finally {
+            dos.close();
+        }
         buf2.write(POSTAMBLE);
         return buf2;
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/lifecycle/WindowsServiceLifecycle.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/lifecycle/WindowsServiceLifecycle.java
index 87e00266a5..68cc28705c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/lifecycle/WindowsServiceLifecycle.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/lifecycle/WindowsServiceLifecycle.java
@@ -111,8 +111,11 @@ public class WindowsServiceLifecycle extends Lifecycle {
         File copyFiles = new File(rootDir,baseName+".copies");
 
         FileWriter w = new FileWriter(copyFiles, true);
-        w.write(by.getAbsolutePath()+'>'+getHudsonWar().getAbsolutePath()+'\n');
-        w.close();
+        try {
+            w.write(by.getAbsolutePath()+'>'+getHudsonWar().getAbsolutePath()+'\n');
+        } finally {
+            w.close();
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/FileParameterValue.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/FileParameterValue.java
index 08d2b7b11a..915d2e3122 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/FileParameterValue.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/FileParameterValue.java
@@ -197,12 +197,16 @@ public class FileParameterValue extends ParameterValue {
             File fileParameter = getLocationUnderBuild(build);
             if (fileParameter.isFile()) {
                 InputStream data = new FileInputStream(fileParameter);
-                long lastModified = fileParameter.lastModified();
-                long contentLength = fileParameter.length();
-                if (request.hasParameter("view")) {
-                    response.serveFile(request, data, lastModified, contentLength, "plain.txt");
-                } else {
-                    response.serveFile(request, data, lastModified, contentLength, originalFileName);
+                try {
+                    long lastModified = fileParameter.lastModified();
+                    long contentLength = fileParameter.length();
+                    if (request.hasParameter("view")) {
+                        response.serveFile(request, data, lastModified, contentLength, "plain.txt");
+                    } else {
+                        response.serveFile(request, data, lastModified, contentLength, originalFileName);
+                    }
+                } finally {
+                    IOUtils.closeQuietly(data);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
index b3c7b3f428..7d64012867 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
@@ -2082,8 +2082,9 @@ public abstract class Run <JobT extends Job<JobT,RunT>,RunT extends Run<JobT,Run
 			} finally {
 				IOUtils.closeQuietly(input);
 			}
-		}
-        out.close();
+		} finally {
+            IOUtils.closeQuietly(out);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateCenter.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateCenter.java
index 040c288f75..fddf45c003 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateCenter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateCenter.java
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ import hudson.util.DaemonThreadFactory;
 import hudson.util.FormValidation;
 import hudson.util.HttpResponses;
 import hudson.util.NamingThreadFactory;
+import hudson.util.IOException2;
+import hudson.util.IOUtils;
 import hudson.util.PersistedList;
 import hudson.util.XStream2;
 import jenkins.RestartRequiredException;
@@ -745,16 +747,18 @@ public class UpdateCenter extends AbstractModelObject implements Saveable, OnMas
          * @see DownloadJob
          */
         public File download(DownloadJob job, URL src) throws IOException {
+            CountingInputStream in = null;
+            OutputStream out = null;
             try {
                 URLConnection con = connect(job,src);
                 int total = con.getContentLength();
-                CountingInputStream in = new CountingInputStream(con.getInputStream());
+                in = new CountingInputStream(con.getInputStream());
                 byte[] buf = new byte[8192];
                 int len;
 
                 File dst = job.getDestination();
                 File tmp = new File(dst.getPath()+".tmp");
-                OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(tmp);
+                out = new FileOutputStream(tmp);
 
                 LOGGER.info("Downloading "+job.getName());
                 try {
@@ -766,9 +770,6 @@ public class UpdateCenter extends AbstractModelObject implements Saveable, OnMas
                     throw new IOException("Failed to load "+src+" to "+tmp,e);
                 }
 
-                in.close();
-                out.close();
-
                 if (total!=-1 && total!=tmp.length()) {
                     // don't know exactly how this happens, but report like
                     // http://www.ashlux.com/wordpress/2009/08/14/hudson-and-the-sonar-plugin-fail-maveninstallation-nosuchmethoderror/
@@ -778,7 +779,10 @@ public class UpdateCenter extends AbstractModelObject implements Saveable, OnMas
 
                 return tmp;
             } catch (IOException e) {
-                throw new IOException("Failed to download from "+src,e);
+                throw new IOException2("Failed to download from "+src,e);
+            } finally {
+                IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
+                IOUtils.closeQuietly(out);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UsageStatistics.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UsageStatistics.java
index e7b77a42ca..805403216b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UsageStatistics.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UsageStatistics.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import hudson.PluginWrapper;
 import hudson.Util;
 import hudson.Extension;
 import hudson.node_monitors.ArchitectureMonitor.DescriptorImpl;
+import hudson.util.IOUtils;
 import hudson.util.Secret;
 import static hudson.util.TimeUnit2.DAYS;
 
@@ -172,8 +173,11 @@ public class UsageStatistics extends PageDecorator {
 
             // json -> UTF-8 encode -> gzip -> encrypt -> base64 -> string
             OutputStreamWriter w = new OutputStreamWriter(new GZIPOutputStream(new CombinedCipherOutputStream(baos,getKey(),"AES")), "UTF-8");
-            o.write(w);
-            w.close();
+            try {
+                o.write(w);
+            } finally {
+                IOUtils.closeQuietly(w);
+            }
 
             return new String(Base64.encode(baos.toByteArray()));
         } catch (GeneralSecurityException e) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/scm/SCM.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/scm/SCM.java
index 573c34eda8..6975b23e3c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/scm/SCM.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/scm/SCM.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import hudson.model.Describable;
 import hudson.model.TaskListener;
 import hudson.model.Node;
 import hudson.model.WorkspaceCleanupThread;
+import hudson.util.IOUtils;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
 import hudson.model.Descriptor;
 import hudson.model.Api;
@@ -578,14 +579,17 @@ public abstract class SCM implements Describable<SCM>, ExtensionPoint {
 //
 
     protected final boolean createEmptyChangeLog(File changelogFile, BuildListener listener, String rootTag) {
+        FileWriter w = null;
         try {
-            FileWriter w = new FileWriter(changelogFile);
+            w = new FileWriter(changelogFile);
             w.write("<"+rootTag +"/>");
             w.close();
             return true;
         } catch (IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace(listener.error(e.getMessage()));
             return false;
+        } finally {
+            IOUtils.closeQuietly(w);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tools/JDKInstaller.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tools/JDKInstaller.java
index fe0449280e..af34178ebf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tools/JDKInstaller.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tools/JDKInstaller.java
@@ -178,8 +178,11 @@ public class JDKInstaller extends ToolInstaller {
             byte[] header = new byte[2];
             {
                 DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(fs.read(jdkBundle));
-                in.readFully(header);
-                in.close();
+                try {
+                    in.readFully(header);
+                } finally {
+                    IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
+                }
             }
 
             ProcStarter starter;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/triggers/SCMTrigger.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/triggers/SCMTrigger.java
index 77e91698e4..8ff7e5d4a4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/triggers/SCMTrigger.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/triggers/SCMTrigger.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import hudson.model.AbstractBuild;
 import hudson.model.AbstractProject;
 import hudson.model.Action;
 import hudson.model.Cause;
+import hudson.util.IOUtils;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
 import hudson.model.Item;
 import hudson.model.Project;
@@ -337,8 +338,11 @@ public class SCMTrigger extends Trigger<SCMedItem> {
             rsp.setContentType("text/plain;charset=UTF-8");
             // Prevent jelly from flushing stream so Content-Length header can be added afterwards
             FlushProofOutputStream out = new FlushProofOutputStream(rsp.getCompressedOutputStream(req));
-            getPollingLogText().writeLogTo(0, out);
-            out.close();
+            try {
+                getPollingLogText().writeLogTo(0, out);
+            } finally {
+                IOUtils.closeQuietly(out);
+            }
         }
 
         public AnnotatedLargeText getPollingLogText() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/CompressedFile.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/CompressedFile.java
index 231ef36857..b6ccf22c30 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/CompressedFile.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/CompressedFile.java
@@ -115,11 +115,14 @@ public class CompressedFile {
         StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder((int)sizeGuess);
 
         Reader r = new InputStreamReader(read());
-        char[] buf = new char[8192];
-        int len;
-        while((len=r.read(buf,0,buf.length))>0)
-           str.append(buf,0,len);
-        r.close();
+        try {
+            char[] buf = new char[8192];
+            int len;
+            while((len=r.read(buf,0,buf.length))>0)
+                str.append(buf,0,len);
+        } finally {
+            IOUtils.closeQuietly(r);
+        }
 
         return str.toString();
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/io/ZipArchiver.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/io/ZipArchiver.java
index e0c68cc38f..ef0ae49658 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/io/ZipArchiver.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/io/ZipArchiver.java
@@ -70,10 +70,13 @@ final class ZipArchiver extends Archiver {
             fileZipEntry.setTime(f.lastModified());
             zip.putNextEntry(fileZipEntry);
             FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(f);
-            int len;
-            while((len=in.read(buf))>=0)
-                zip.write(buf,0,len);
-            in.close();
+            try {
+                int len;
+                while((len=in.read(buf))>=0)
+                    zip.write(buf,0,len);
+            } finally {
+                in.close();
+            }
             zip.closeEntry();
         }
         entriesWritten++;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java
index cdb21b8809..06398749da 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/Jenkins.java
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ import hudson.util.FormValidation;
 import hudson.util.Futures;
 import hudson.util.HudsonIsLoading;
 import hudson.util.HudsonIsRestarting;
+import hudson.util.IOUtils;
 import hudson.util.Iterators;
 import hudson.util.JenkinsReloadFailed;
 import hudson.util.Memoizer;
@@ -3981,12 +3982,15 @@ public class Jenkins extends AbstractCIBase implements DirectlyModifiableTopLeve
     private static void computeVersion(ServletContext context) {
         // set the version
         Properties props = new Properties();
+        InputStream is = null;
         try {
-            InputStream is = Jenkins.class.getResourceAsStream("jenkins-version.properties");
+            is = Jenkins.class.getResourceAsStream("jenkins-version.properties");
             if(is!=null)
                 props.load(is);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace(); // if the version properties is missing, that's OK.
+        } finally {
+            IOUtils.closeQuietly(is);
         }
         String ver = props.getProperty("version");
         if(ver==null)   ver="?";
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/hudson/util/io/ZipArchiverTest.java b/core/src/test/java/hudson/util/io/ZipArchiverTest.java
index 650f1c9723..41567f5850 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/hudson/util/io/ZipArchiverTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/hudson/util/io/ZipArchiverTest.java
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ public class ZipArchiverTest extends TestCase {
         } catch (Exception e) {
             fail("exception driving ZipArchiver", e);
         } finally {
-            try {
-                archiver.close();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                // ignored
+            if (archiver != null) {
+                try {
+                    archiver.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    // ignored
+                }
             }
-            
-            archiver = null;
         }
         
         // examine zip contents and assert that none of the entry names (paths) have
@@ -86,10 +86,12 @@ public class ZipArchiverTest extends TestCase {
         } catch (Exception e) {
             fail("failure enumerating zip entries", e);
         } finally {
-            try {
-                zipFileVerify.close();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                // ignored
+            if (zipFileVerify != null) {
+                try {
+                    zipFileVerify.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    // ignored
+                }
             }
         }