diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompactionTool.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompactionTool.java
index ed6d80e1538..0b483d9d30f 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompactionTool.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompactionTool.java
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ public class CompactionTool extends Configured implements Tool {
           }
         }
       } while (store.needsCompaction() && !compactOnce);
+      //We need to close the store properly, to make sure it will archive compacted files
+      store.close();
     }
 
     /**