diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinToJVMBytecodeCompiler.java b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinToJVMBytecodeCompiler.java
index 75a9ba85430..e13d797910e 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinToJVMBytecodeCompiler.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinToJVMBytecodeCompiler.java
@@ -122,9 +122,7 @@ public class KotlinToJVMBytecodeCompiler {
                     throw ExceptionUtils.rethrow(e);
                 }
                 finally {
-                    try {
-                        outputStream.close();
-                    } catch (Throwable e) {}
+                    ExceptionUtils.closeQuietly(outputStream);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -177,9 +175,7 @@ public class KotlinToJVMBytecodeCompiler {
                     throw ExceptionUtils.rethrow(e);
                 }
                 finally {
-                    try {
-                        os.close();
-                    } catch (Throwable e) {}
+                    ExceptionUtils.closeQuietly(os);
                 }
             }
             else if (outputDir != null) {
diff --git a/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/jet/utils/ExceptionUtils.java b/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/jet/utils/ExceptionUtils.java
index 0ea161343e0..de8b7ac2b43 100644
--- a/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/jet/utils/ExceptionUtils.java
+++ b/compiler/util/src/org/jetbrains/jet/utils/ExceptionUtils.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.jet.utils;
 
+import java.io.Closeable;
+
 /**
  * @author Stepan Koltsov
  */
@@ -36,4 +38,13 @@ public class ExceptionUtils {
         }
     }
 
+    public static void closeQuietly(Closeable closeable) {
+        if (closeable != null) {
+            try {
+                closeable.close();
+            } catch (Throwable e) {
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
 }