diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/Journal.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/Journal.java
index 99a087e2da5eb..238a000afcfb2 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/Journal.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/Journal.java
@@ -264,9 +264,9 @@ void format(NamespaceInfo nsInfo, boolean force) throws IOException {
    */
   @Override // Closeable
   public void close() throws IOException {
-    storage.close();
     IOUtils.closeStream(committedTxnId);
     IOUtils.closeStream(curSegment);
+    storage.close();
   }
   
   JNStorage getStorage() {