diff --git a/src/cairo-pdf-surface.c b/src/cairo-pdf-surface.c
index 4ae8c6a6d..6106284e2 100644
--- a/src/cairo-pdf-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-pdf-surface.c
@@ -546,8 +546,7 @@ _cairo_pdf_surface_finish (void *abstract_surface)
 				 "%%%%EOF\r\n",
 				 offset);
 
-    status = _cairo_output_stream_get_status (surface->output);
-    _cairo_output_stream_destroy (surface->output);
+    status = _cairo_output_stream_destroy (surface->output);
 
     _cairo_array_fini (&surface->objects);
     _cairo_array_fini (&surface->pages);
diff --git a/src/cairo-svg-surface.c b/src/cairo-svg-surface.c
index 2b24bf22d..d4c60b616 100644
--- a/src/cairo-svg-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-svg-surface.c
@@ -1803,8 +1803,7 @@ _cairo_svg_document_finish (cairo_svg_document_t *document)
     _cairo_output_stream_destroy (document->xml_node_glyphs);
     _cairo_output_stream_destroy (document->xml_node_defs);
 
-    status = _cairo_output_stream_get_status (output);
-    _cairo_output_stream_destroy (output);
+    status = _cairo_output_stream_destroy (output);
 
     for (i = 0; i < document->meta_snapshots.num_elements; i++) {
 	snapshot = _cairo_array_index (&document->meta_snapshots, i);