diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index 81e8749d2a..0bfa8befe6 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@ func (container *Container) GetSize() (int64, int64) {
 	return sizeRw, sizeRootfs
 }
 
-func (container *Container) Copy(resource string) (archive.Archive, error) {
+func (container *Container) Copy(resource string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	if err := container.Mount(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ func (container *Container) Copy(resource string) (archive.Archive, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return EofReader(archive, func() { container.Unmount() }), nil
+	return utils.NewReadCloserWrapper(archive, container.Unmount), nil
 }
 
 // Returns true if the container exposes a certain port
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index f108f61740..20b45f65aa 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -2339,6 +2339,7 @@ func (srv *Server) ContainerCopy(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 		if err != nil {
 			return job.Error(err)
 		}
+		defer data.Close()
 
 		if _, err := io.Copy(job.Stdout, data); err != nil {
 			return job.Error(err)