diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/utils/TestMetadataStore.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/utils/TestMetadataStore.java
index 30fc7f313a..a91bc80188 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/utils/TestMetadataStore.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/utils/TestMetadataStore.java
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ public void testIterator() throws Exception {
       GenericTestUtils.assertExceptionContains("Store has no more elements",
           ex);
     }
+    dbStore.close();
+    dbStore.destroy();
     FileUtils.deleteDirectory(dbDir);
 
   }