diff --git a/java/src/main/java/ai/onnxruntime/OrtEnvironment.java b/java/src/main/java/ai/onnxruntime/OrtEnvironment.java
index f8da2c29fd..364b8517dc 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/ai/onnxruntime/OrtEnvironment.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/ai/onnxruntime/OrtEnvironment.java
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ public class OrtEnvironment implements AutoCloseable {
      */
     @Override
     public synchronized void close() throws OrtException {
-        closed = true;
         synchronized (refCount) {
             int curCount = refCount.get();
             if (curCount != 0) {
@@ -256,6 +255,7 @@ public class OrtEnvironment implements AutoCloseable {
             }
             if (curCount == 1) {
                 close(OnnxRuntime.ortApiHandle, nativeHandle);
+                closed = true;
                 INSTANCE = null;
             }
         }
diff --git a/java/src/test/java/ai/onnxruntime/InferenceTest.java b/java/src/test/java/ai/onnxruntime/InferenceTest.java
index 62473d5b97..e9418cea95 100644
--- a/java/src/test/java/ai/onnxruntime/InferenceTest.java
+++ b/java/src/test/java/ai/onnxruntime/InferenceTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
@@ -70,6 +71,17 @@ public class InferenceTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void repeatedCloseTest() throws OrtException {
+        OrtEnvironment env = OrtEnvironment.getEnvironment("repeatedCloseTest");
+        try (OrtEnvironment otherEnv = OrtEnvironment.getEnvironment()) {
+            assertFalse(otherEnv.isClosed());
+        }
+        assertFalse(env.isClosed());
+        env.close();
+        assertTrue(env.isClosed());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void createSessionFromPath() throws OrtException {
         String modelPath = resourcePath.resolve("squeezenet.onnx").toString();