diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/bzip2/CBZip2OutputStream.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/bzip2/CBZip2OutputStream.java
index 22c20ff8b..63bc3eb7a 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/bzip2/CBZip2OutputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/bzip2/CBZip2OutputStream.java
@@ -411,8 +411,9 @@ public class CBZip2OutputStream extends OutputStream implements BZip2Constants {
 
     boolean closed = false;
 
-    public void finalize() throws Throwable {
+    protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
         close();
+        super.finalize();
     }
 
     public void close() throws IOException {