diff --git a/components/camel-jcr/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/jcr/JcrProducer.java b/components/camel-jcr/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/jcr/JcrProducer.java
index de4b8f399e56f..295e9c698265b 100644
--- a/components/camel-jcr/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/jcr/JcrProducer.java
+++ b/components/camel-jcr/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/jcr/JcrProducer.java
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ public void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception {
                 throw new RuntimeException("Unsupported operation: " + operation);
             }
 
-        } finally {
             session.save();
+        } finally {
             if (session != null && session.isLive()) {
                 session.logout();
             }