diff --git a/okhttp/src/main/java/okhttp3/ResponseBody.java b/okhttp/src/main/java/okhttp3/ResponseBody.java
index 62f9a1449..e2e9cc496 100644
--- a/okhttp/src/main/java/okhttp3/ResponseBody.java
+++ b/okhttp/src/main/java/okhttp3/ResponseBody.java
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ public abstract class ResponseBody implements Closeable {
     return contentType != null ? contentType.charset(UTF_8) : UTF_8;
   }
 
-  @Override public void close() throws IOException {
-    source().close();
+  @Override public void close() {
+    Util.closeQuietly(source());
   }
 
   /**