1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/server/src/com/vaadin/server/VaadinServlet.java b/server/src/com/vaadin/server/VaadinServlet.java
index b30f6acf16..7aada2402d 100644
--- a/server/src/com/vaadin/server/VaadinServlet.java
+++ b/server/src/com/vaadin/server/VaadinServlet.java
@@ -871,9 +871,8 @@ public class VaadinServlet extends HttpServlet implements Constants {
 
         if (allowServePrecompressedResource(request, urlStr)) {
             // try to serve a precompressed version if available
-            URL url = new URL(urlStr + ".gz");
-            connection = url.openConnection();
             try {
+                connection = new URL(urlStr + ".gz").openConnection();
                 is = connection.getInputStream();
                 // set gzip headers
                 response.setHeader("Content-Encoding", "gzip");