diff --git a/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/impl/HandleAccessor.java b/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/impl/HandleAccessor.java
index 9d00daa58..624e794c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/impl/HandleAccessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/impl/HandleAccessor.java
@@ -124,9 +124,7 @@ static public String contentAsString(AbstractWriteHandle handle) {
         }
         stringContent = sb.toString();
       }
-      if ( content instanceof File ) {
-        ((FileInputStream) content).close();
-      }
+
       if ( stringContent == null ) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("contentAsString only supports handles with sendContent() " +
           "of type String, OutputStreamSender, byte[], File, or InputStream");
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/marklogic/client/test/HandleAccessorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/marklogic/client/test/HandleAccessorTest.java
index 219b0e9e3..4c5536713 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/marklogic/client/test/HandleAccessorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/marklogic/client/test/HandleAccessorTest.java
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 package com.marklogic.client.test;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
@@ -32,7 +34,10 @@
 import com.marklogic.client.io.InputStreamHandle;
 import com.marklogic.client.io.ReaderHandle;
 import com.marklogic.client.io.StringHandle;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 public class HandleAccessorTest {
+  public static boolean fileInputStreamWasClosed;
+
   @Test
   public void testContentAsString() throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
     // I'm purposely using a string with a non-ascii character to test
@@ -50,5 +55,16 @@ public void testContentAsString() throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
       HandleAccessor.contentAsString(new FileHandle(new File(filePath.toURI()))));
     assertEquals("InputStream content mismatch", hola,
       HandleAccessor.contentAsString(new InputStreamHandle(filePath.openStream())));
+
+    InputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(new File(filePath.toURI())) {
+      @Override
+      public void close() throws IOException {
+          super.close();
+          HandleAccessorTest.fileInputStreamWasClosed = true;
+      }
+    };
+    assertEquals("InputStream content mismatch", hola,
+      HandleAccessor.contentAsString(new InputStreamHandle(fileInputStream)));
+    assertTrue(this.fileInputStreamWasClosed);
   }
 }