--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/io/FileOutputStream.java	Sat Sep 10 21:30:20 2011 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/io/FileOutputStream.java	Tue Sep 13 11:21:51 2011 +0100
@@ -63,21 +63,12 @@
     private final boolean append;
 
     /**
-     * The associated channel, initalized lazily.
+     * The associated channel, initialized lazily.
      */
     private FileChannel channel;
 
     private final Object closeLock = new Object();
     private volatile boolean closed = false;
-    private static final ThreadLocal<Boolean> runningFinalize =
-        new ThreadLocal<>();
-
-    private static boolean isRunningFinalize() {
-        Boolean val;
-        if ((val = runningFinalize.get()) != null)
-            return val.booleanValue();
-        return false;
-    }
 
     /**
      * Creates a file output stream to write to the file with the
@@ -355,10 +346,10 @@
         int useCount = fd.decrementAndGetUseCount();
 
         /*
-         * If FileDescriptor is still in use by another stream, the finalizer
+         * If FileDescriptor is still in use by another stream, we
          * will not close it.
          */
-        if ((useCount <= 0) || !isRunningFinalize()) {
+        if (useCount <= 0) {
             close0();
         }
     }
@@ -424,18 +415,7 @@
             if (fd == FileDescriptor.out || fd == FileDescriptor.err) {
                 flush();
             } else {
-
-                /*
-                 * Finalizer should not release the FileDescriptor if another
-                 * stream is still using it. If the user directly invokes
-                 * close() then the FileDescriptor is also released.
-                 */
-                runningFinalize.set(Boolean.TRUE);
-                try {
                     close();
-                } finally {
-                    runningFinalize.set(Boolean.FALSE);
-                }
             }
         }
     }