diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xdgf/extractor/TestXDGFVisioExtractor.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xdgf/extractor/TestXDGFVisioExtractor.java
index 388d72daf3..6a3369ed90 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xdgf/extractor/TestXDGFVisioExtractor.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xdgf/extractor/TestXDGFVisioExtractor.java
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ public class TestXDGFVisioExtractor {
     
     @After
     public void closeResoures() throws IOException {
-        xml.close();
+        if(xml != null) {
+            xml.close();
+        }
         pkg.close();
     }