diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Jar.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Jar.java
index f105cb43d..73a871fb4 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Jar.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Jar.java
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ public class Jar extends Zip {
         if (!skipWriting) {
             log("Building MANIFEST-only jar: "
                     + getDestFile().getAbsolutePath());
-        }
+
         try (ZipOutputStream zOut = new ZipOutputStream(getDestFile())) {
             zOut.setEncoding(getEncoding());
             zOut.setUseZip64(getZip64Mode().getMode());
@@ -877,6 +877,7 @@ public class Jar extends Zip {
         } finally {
             createEmpty = false;
         }
+        }
         return true;
     }