diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/nio/ch/FileChannelImpl.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/nio/ch/FileChannelImpl.java
index d203910bf8c..4aeafa2b460 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/nio/ch/FileChannelImpl.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/nio/ch/FileChannelImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 package sun.nio.ch;
 
+import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.FileDescriptor;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ public class FileChannelImpl
     private final boolean readable;
 
     // Required to prevent finalization of creating stream (immutable)
-    private final Object parent;
+    private final Closeable parent;
 
     // The path of the referenced file
     // (null if the parent stream is created with a file descriptor)
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ public class FileChannelImpl
     }
 
     private FileChannelImpl(FileDescriptor fd, String path, boolean readable,
-                            boolean writable, boolean direct, Object parent)
+                            boolean writable, boolean direct, Closeable parent)
     {
         this.fd = fd;
         this.path = path;
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ public class FileChannelImpl
     // and RandomAccessFile::getChannel
     public static FileChannel open(FileDescriptor fd, String path,
                                    boolean readable, boolean writable,
-                                   boolean direct, Object parent)
+                                   boolean direct, Closeable parent)
     {
         return new FileChannelImpl(fd, path, readable, writable, direct, parent);
     }
@@ -193,25 +194,24 @@ public class FileChannelImpl
         threads.signalAndWait();
 
         if (parent != null) {
-
+            //
             // Close the fd via the parent stream's close method.  The parent
             // will reinvoke our close method, which is defined in the
             // superclass AbstractInterruptibleChannel, but the isOpen logic in
             // that method will prevent this method from being reinvoked.
             //
-            ((java.io.Closeable)parent).close();
-        } else if (closer != null) {
+            parent.close();
+        } else { // parent == null hence closer != null
+            //
             // Perform the cleaning action so it is not redone when
             // this channel becomes phantom reachable.
+            //
             try {
                 closer.clean();
             } catch (UncheckedIOException uioe) {
                 throw uioe.getCause();
             }
-        } else {
-            fdAccess.close(fd);
         }
-
     }
 
     public int read(ByteBuffer dst) throws IOException {