diff --git a/logback-access/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/access/net/HardenedAccessEventInputStream.java b/logback-access/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/access/net/HardenedAccessEventInputStream.java
index 4a6f02bbfbf1018a72fc57a4acb7e1fad4d55ebd..c0ba6b01094ec0e6562a7e8927eb514f766a3a7a 100755
--- a/logback-access/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/access/net/HardenedAccessEventInputStream.java
+++ b/logback-access/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/access/net/HardenedAccessEventInputStream.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import ch.qos.logback.core.net.HardenedObjectInputStream;
 public class HardenedAccessEventInputStream extends HardenedObjectInputStream {
 
     public HardenedAccessEventInputStream(InputStream in) throws IOException {
-        super(in, new String[] {AccessEvent.class.getName()});
+        super(in, new String[] {AccessEvent.class.getName(), String[].class.getName()});
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/logback-access/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/access/spi/AccessEventSerializationTest.java b/logback-access/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/access/spi/AccessEventSerializationTest.java
index 1c8dcf98a6df5ad69952fbc01917ae8673151f6d..085dc427b16ebc5a00df174e204f8391c7245b0a 100644
--- a/logback-access/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/access/spi/AccessEventSerializationTest.java
+++ b/logback-access/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/access/spi/AccessEventSerializationTest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ public class AccessEventSerializationTest {
         ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(baos.toByteArray());
         HardenedAccessEventInputStream hardenedOIS = new HardenedAccessEventInputStream(bais);
 
-        return hardenedOIS.readObject();
+        Object sae = hardenedOIS.readObject();
+        hardenedOIS.close();
+        return sae;
     }
 
     @Test