diff --git a/resources/bundles/org.eclipse.core.filesystem/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/filesystem/zip/ZipFileStore.java b/resources/bundles/org.eclipse.core.filesystem/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/filesystem/zip/ZipFileStore.java
index c04fe4c9bf4..9fe5829f781 100644
--- a/resources/bundles/org.eclipse.core.filesystem/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/filesystem/zip/ZipFileStore.java
+++ b/resources/bundles/org.eclipse.core.filesystem/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/filesystem/zip/ZipFileStore.java
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ public InputStream openInputStream(int options, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws
 	public OutputStream openOutputStream(int options, IProgressMonitor monitor) {
 		// Creating a ByteArrayOutputStream to capture the data written to the
 		// OutputStream
-		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream() {
+		return new ByteArrayOutputStream() {
 			@Override
 			public void close() throws IOException {
 				try (FileSystem zipFs = openZipFileSystem()) {
@@ -473,8 +473,6 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
 				}
 			}
 		};
-
-		return baos;
 	}
 
 	private FileSystem openZipFileSystem() throws URISyntaxException, IOException {