diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/util/password/FilePasswordLoader.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/util/password/FilePasswordLoader.java
index 86b71ec4..4a288bfc 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/util/password/FilePasswordLoader.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/util/password/FilePasswordLoader.java
@@ -79,11 +79,8 @@ public String loadPassword(String p, Configuration configuration) throws IOExcep
     Path path = new Path(p);
     FileSystem fs = path.getFileSystem(configuration);
 
-    try {
-      verifyPath(fs, path);
-      return new String(readBytes(fs, path));
-    } finally {
-      fs.close();
-    }
+    // Not closing FileSystem object because of SQOOP-1226
+    verifyPath(fs, path);
+    return new String(readBytes(fs, path));
   }
 }