diff --git a/tika-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/Tika.java b/tika-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/Tika.java
index 2f17de6451..5d121e6d05 100644
--- a/tika-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/Tika.java
+++ b/tika-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/Tika.java
@@ -521,8 +521,8 @@ public String parseToString(InputStream stream, Metadata metadata, int maxLength
         WriteOutContentHandler handler = new WriteOutContentHandler(maxLength);
         ParseContext context = new ParseContext();
         context.set(Parser.class, parser);
-        try (InputStream autoCloseStream = stream) {
-            parser.parse(autoCloseStream, new BodyContentHandler(handler), metadata, context);
+        try (stream) {
+            parser.parse(stream, new BodyContentHandler(handler), metadata, context);
         } catch (SAXException e) {
             if (!WriteLimitReachedException.isWriteLimitReached(e)) {
                 // This should never happen with BodyContentHandler...