diff --git a/gcc/java/ChangeLog b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
index 1f53bebc2c5..1831e2d8301 100644
--- a/gcc/java/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-05-03  Mo DeJong  <mdejong@redhat.com>
+
+        * lex.c (java_new_lexer): Call iconv_close on temp handle used to
+	check for byte swap.
+
 2001-05-02  Kaveh R. Ghazi  <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
 
 	* decl.c: NULL_PTR -> NULL.
diff --git a/gcc/java/lex.c b/gcc/java/lex.c
index 0bf6d7a1ff5..28a73e3874b 100644
--- a/gcc/java/lex.c
+++ b/gcc/java/lex.c
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ java_new_lexer (finput, encoding)
 	      outc = 2;
 
 	      r = iconv (handle, (const char **) &inp, &inc, &outp, &outc);
+	      iconv_close (handle);
 	      /* Conversion must be complete for us to use the result.  */
 	      if (r != (size_t) -1 && inc == 0 && outc == 0)
 		need_byteswap = (result != 0xfeff);