--- old/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/FileHandler.java	Fri Apr 15 09:53:23 2011
+++ new/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/FileHandler.java	Fri Apr 15 09:53:23 2011
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@
                     FileLock fl = fc.tryLock();
                     if (fl == null) {
                         // We failed to get the lock.  Try next file.
+                        fc.close();
                         continue;
                     }
                     // We got the lock OK.