diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoost.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoost.scala
index 54c9f1c96..5d1a05c17 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoost.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoost.scala
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ object XGBoost extends Serializable {
   def loadModelFromHadoop(modelPath: String)(implicit sparkContext: SparkContext): XGBoostModel = {
     val dataInStream = FileSystem.get(sparkContext.hadoopConfiguration).open(new Path(modelPath))
     val xgBoostModel = new XGBoostModel(SXGBoost.loadModel(dataInStream))
-    dataInStream.close()
     xgBoostModel
   }
 }