diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitCase.java b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitCase.java
index f3dda493746b316e05fdc734cb58a30d90abd201..6ae044265c8e35ccd353d2c876d6dfa012e4b180 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitCase.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitCase.java
@@ -5334,7 +5334,6 @@ public Image addImage(TskData.TSK_IMG_TYPE_ENUM type, long sectorSize, long size
 	public VolumeSystem addVolumeSystem(long parentObjId, TskData.TSK_VS_TYPE_ENUM type, long imgOffset, 
 			long blockSize, CaseDbTransaction transaction) throws TskCoreException{
 		acquireSingleUserCaseWriteLock();
-		Statement statement = null;
 		try {
 			// Insert a row for the VolumeSystem into the tsk_objects table.
 			CaseDbConnection connection = transaction.getConnection();
@@ -5356,7 +5355,6 @@ public VolumeSystem addVolumeSystem(long parentObjId, TskData.TSK_VS_TYPE_ENUM t
 			throw new TskCoreException(String.format("Error creating volume system with parent ID %d and image offset %d", 
 					parentObjId, imgOffset), ex);
 		} finally {
-			closeStatement(statement);
 			releaseSingleUserCaseWriteLock();
 		}			
 	}
@@ -5455,7 +5453,7 @@ public FileSystem addFileSystem(long parentObjId, long imgOffset, TskData.TSK_FS
 			preparedStatement.setString(9, displayName);
 			connection.executeUpdate(preparedStatement);
 
-			// Create the new Volume object
+			// Create the new FileSystem object
 			return new FileSystem(this, newObjId, displayName, imgOffset, type, blockSize, blockCount, rootInum,
 				firstInum, lastInum);
 		} catch (SQLException ex) {