diff --git a/media/java/android/media/ThumbnailUtils.java b/media/java/android/media/ThumbnailUtils.java
index e6d95eb6d5a1..cf3ba872feb5 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/ThumbnailUtils.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/ThumbnailUtils.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import com.android.internal.util.ArrayUtils;
 import libcore.io.IoUtils;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Comparator;
@@ -255,17 +256,19 @@ public class ThumbnailUtils {
 
         // get orientation
         if (MediaFile.isExifMimeType(mimeType)) {
-            exif = new ExifInterface(file);
-            switch (exif.getAttributeInt(ExifInterface.TAG_ORIENTATION, 0)) {
-                case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_90:
-                    orientation = 90;
-                    break;
-                case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_180:
-                    orientation = 180;
-                    break;
-                case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_270:
-                    orientation = 270;
-                    break;
+            try (FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(file)) {
+                exif = new ExifInterface(is.getFD());
+                switch (exif.getAttributeInt(ExifInterface.TAG_ORIENTATION, 0)) {
+                    case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_90:
+                        orientation = 90;
+                        break;
+                    case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_180:
+                        orientation = 180;
+                        break;
+                    case ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_270:
+                        orientation = 270;
+                        break;
+                }
             }
         }