diff --git a/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/failover/FailoverTransactionTest.java b/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/failover/FailoverTransactionTest.java
index 0b433d10fe..ed45b95e86 100644
--- a/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/failover/FailoverTransactionTest.java
+++ b/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/failover/FailoverTransactionTest.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public class FailoverTransactionTest extends TestSupport {
     }
 
     public void tearDown() throws Exception {
+        super.tearDown();
         stopBroker();
     }