diff --git a/client-runtime/src/main/java/com/microsoft/rest/ServiceResponseBuilder.java b/client-runtime/src/main/java/com/microsoft/rest/ServiceResponseBuilder.java
index 2915ae5e44b8d..e94a166cd1765 100644
--- a/client-runtime/src/main/java/com/microsoft/rest/ServiceResponseBuilder.java
+++ b/client-runtime/src/main/java/com/microsoft/rest/ServiceResponseBuilder.java
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ protected Object buildBody(int statusCode, ResponseBody responseBody) throws IOE
         // Return raw response if InputStream is the target type
         else if (type == InputStream.class) {
             InputStream stream = responseBody.byteStream();
-            responseBody.close();
             return stream;
         }
         // Deserialize