--- a/mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/gecko/util/IOUtils.java
+++ b/mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/gecko/util/IOUtils.java
@@ -85,21 +85,17 @@ public class IOUtils {
                     buffer = newBuffer;
                 }
             }
 
             return new ConsumedInputStream(bPointer + 1, buffer);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             Log.e(LOGTAG, "Error consuming input stream.", e);
         } finally {
-            try {
-                iStream.close();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                Log.e(LOGTAG, "Error closing input stream.", e);
-            }
+            IOUtils.safeStreamClose(iStream);
         }
 
         return null;
     }
 
     /**
      * Truncate a given byte[] to a given length. Returns a new byte[] with the first length many
      * bytes of the input.