diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/RegionSplitter.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/RegionSplitter.java
index 315e0cf7d53..02718832b7f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/RegionSplitter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/RegionSplitter.java
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ public class RegionSplitter {
           Thread.sleep(10 * 1000); // sleep
         }
       }
+      table.close();
     }
 
     LOG.debug("Finished creating table with " + splitCount + " regions");
@@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ public class RegionSplitter {
           }
         }
       }
-      LOG.debug("All regions have been sucesfully split!");
+      LOG.debug("All regions have been successfully split!");
     } finally {
       long tDiff = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
       LOG.debug("TOTAL TIME = "
@@ -576,6 +577,9 @@ public class RegionSplitter {
           + org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils.formatTime(tDiff / splitCount));
 
       splitOut.close();
+      if (table != null){
+        table.close();
+      }
     }
     fs.delete(splitFile, false);
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestHCM.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestHCM.java
index d5ed886af5f..c056b38e1b8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestHCM.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestHCM.java
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ public class TestHCM {
     conn.deleteCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME, ROW);
     HRegionLocation rl = conn.getCachedLocation(TABLE_NAME, ROW);
     assertNull("What is this location?? " + rl, rl);
+    conn.close();
     table.close();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/filter/TestColumnRangeFilter.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/filter/TestColumnRangeFilter.java
index 06c751a6df5..9212b074565 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/filter/TestColumnRangeFilter.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/filter/TestColumnRangeFilter.java
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ public class TestColumnRangeFilter {
         }
       }
       long scanTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - timeBeforeScan;
+      scanner.close();
       LOG.info("scan time = " + scanTime + "ms");
       LOG.info("found " + results.size() + " results");
       LOG.info("Expecting " + rangeMap.get(s).size() + " results");
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/TestHalfStoreFileReader.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/TestHalfStoreFileReader.java
index 2e7185ff70b..e3061d01f01 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/TestHalfStoreFileReader.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/TestHalfStoreFileReader.java
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ public class TestHalfStoreFileReader {
     int ret = scanner.reseekTo(getLastOnCol(curr).getKey());
     //System.out.println("Last reseek: " + ret);
     assertTrue( ret > 0 );
+
+    halfreader.close(true);
   }
 
   private KeyValue getLastOnCol(KeyValue curr) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestStoreFileBlockCacheSummary.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestStoreFileBlockCacheSummary.java
index 9bb507f3d4f..0ffb8113b7a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestStoreFileBlockCacheSummary.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestStoreFileBlockCacheSummary.java
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ public class TestStoreFileBlockCacheSummary {
    assertEquals("table", TEST_TABLE2, e.getTable());
    assertEquals("cf", TEST_CF, e.getColumnFamily());
 
+   ht.close();
+   ht2.close();
  }
 
  private void addRows(HTable ht, byte[] family) throws IOException {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsck.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsck.java
index dfc4cd9d01e..937781d56ca 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsck.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsck.java
@@ -126,7 +126,13 @@ public class TestHBaseFsck {
     assertNoErrors(doFsck(conf, false));
 
     // comment needed - what is the purpose of this line
-    new HTable(conf, Bytes.toBytes(table)).getScanner(new Scan());
+    HTable t = new HTable(conf, Bytes.toBytes(table));
+    ResultScanner s = t.getScanner(new Scan());
+    s.close();
+    t.close();
+
+    scanner.close();
+    meta.close();
   }
 
   private HRegionInfo createRegion(Configuration conf, final HTableDescriptor