diff --git a/include/boost/gil/extension/io/jpeg/detail/write.hpp b/include/boost/gil/extension/io/jpeg/detail/write.hpp
index 7e5b25db7d..10dfa465e9 100644
--- a/include/boost/gil/extension/io/jpeg/detail/write.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/gil/extension/io/jpeg/detail/write.hpp
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ class writer< Device
                                 , 1
                                 );
         }
+
+        jpeg_finish_compress ( this->get() );
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/include/boost/gil/extension/io/jpeg/detail/writer_backend.hpp b/include/boost/gil/extension/io/jpeg/detail/writer_backend.hpp
index 99af56942e..4d8c66cf88 100644
--- a/include/boost/gil/extension/io/jpeg/detail/writer_backend.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/gil/extension/io/jpeg/detail/writer_backend.hpp
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ struct writer_backend< Device
 
     ~writer_backend()
     {
-        jpeg_finish_compress ( get() );
+        // JPEG compression object destruction does not signal errors,
+        // unlike jpeg_finish_compress called elsewhere,
+        // so there is no need for the setjmp bookmark here.
         jpeg_destroy_compress( get() );
     }