diff --git a/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py b/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py
index 1e55264045..a5983a93d4 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/controllers/base.py
@@ -920,7 +920,6 @@ class ResumingGetter(object):
                         if nchunks % 5 == 0:
                             sleep()
 
-            part_iter = None
             try:
                 while True:
                     start_byte, end_byte, length, headers, part = \
@@ -932,10 +931,6 @@ class ResumingGetter(object):
                            'entity_length': length, 'headers': headers,
                            'part_iter': part_iter}
                     self.pop_range()
-            except GeneratorExit:
-                if part_iter:
-                    part_iter.close()
-                raise
             except StopIteration:
                 req.environ['swift.non_client_disconnect'] = True
 
diff --git a/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py b/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
index 92d76eb418..87d3b5241c 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
@@ -1428,6 +1428,7 @@ class ECAppIter(object):
             finally:
                 queue.resize(2)  # ensure there's room
                 queue.put(None)
+                frag_iter.close()
 
         with ContextPool(len(fragment_iters)) as pool:
             for frag_iter, queue in zip(fragment_iters, queues):