diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/CloseResource.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/CloseResource.xml
index c174bbca19..9854d5f993 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/CloseResource.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/CloseResource.xml
@@ -571,6 +571,39 @@ public class Foo {
    stmt.close();
   } 
  }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+    <test-code>
+        <description>#1372 False Negative for CloseResource rule.</description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>8</expected-linenumbers>
+        <rule-property name="types">Connection,Statement,ResultSet,PreparedStatement</rule-property>
+        <rule-property name="closeTargets">closeLocalResources,closeResultSet</rule-property>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class CloseResourceTest {
+    public Object selectOne(final int val, final int val2) {
+        getCurrentSession().doWork(new Work() {
+
+        @Override
+        public void execute(Connection connection) throws SQLException {
+            PreparedStatement stmt = null;
+            ResultSet rs = null;
+            try {
+                stmt = createDefaultPreparedStatement(connection, CONSTANTS.QUERY_STRING);
+                stmt.setInt(1, vaL);
+                stmt.setInt(2, val2);
+                rs = stmt.executeQuery();
+                // do result set processing
+            } catch (SQLException se) {
+                // error
+            } finally {
+                closeLocalResources(stmt);
+                //closeResultSet(rs); // --- ERROR
+            }
+        }
+        });
+    }
 }
         ]]></code>
     </test-code>
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
index 942615f290..f61c9a7366 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 *   [#1364](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1364/): FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClass false positive using multiple annotations
 *   [#1365](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1365/): Aggregated javadoc report is missing
 *   [#1366](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1366/): UselessParentheses false positive on multiple equality operators
+*   [#1372](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1372/): False Negative for CloseResource rule.
 *   [#1375](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1375/): CloseResource not detected properly
 
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