diff --git a/src/java.base/unix/classes/sun/nio/ch/SourceChannelImpl.java b/src/java.base/unix/classes/sun/nio/ch/SourceChannelImpl.java
index 99e934e3436..9419ce7bf68 100644
--- a/src/java.base/unix/classes/sun/nio/ch/SourceChannelImpl.java
+++ b/src/java.base/unix/classes/sun/nio/ch/SourceChannelImpl.java
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
  * questions.
  */
 
+/*
+ * ===========================================================================
+ * (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2022, 2022 All Rights Reserved
+ * ===========================================================================
+ */
 package sun.nio.ch;
 
 import java.io.FileDescriptor;
@@ -107,8 +112,8 @@ protected void implCloseSelectableChannel() throws IOException {
                 assert state == ST_CLOSING;
                 long th = thread;
                 if (th != 0) {
-                    nd.preClose(fd);
                     NativeThread.signal(th);
+                    nd.preClose(fd);
 
                     // wait for read operation to end
                     while (thread != 0) {