1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/java/sca/modules/databinding-jaxb-axiom/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/jaxb/axiom/OMElement2JAXB.java b/java/sca/modules/databinding-jaxb-axiom/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/jaxb/axiom/OMElement2JAXB.java
index 827a1684bc..3753fd9d64 100644
--- a/java/sca/modules/databinding-jaxb-axiom/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/jaxb/axiom/OMElement2JAXB.java
+++ b/java/sca/modules/databinding-jaxb-axiom/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/jaxb/axiom/OMElement2JAXB.java
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ public class OMElement2JAXB extends BaseTransformer<OMElement, Object> implement
                         reader = source.getXMLStreamReaderWithoutCaching();
                         result = unmarshaller.unmarshal(reader, JAXBContextHelper.getJavaType(context.getTargetDataType()));
                     } finally {
-                        reader.close();
+                        if (reader != null) {
+                            reader.close();
+                        }
                         JAXBContextHelper.releaseJAXBUnmarshaller(jaxbContext, unmarshaller);
                     }
                     return JAXBContextHelper.createReturnValue(jaxbContext, context.getTargetDataType(), result);