diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/compactions/DefaultCompactor.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/compactions/DefaultCompactor.java
index df760736593..baf95215623 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/compactions/DefaultCompactor.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/compactions/DefaultCompactor.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.StoreFileScanner;
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
 public class DefaultCompactor extends Compactor {
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(DefaultCompactor.class);
+
   public DefaultCompactor(final Configuration conf, final Store store) {
     super(conf, store);
   }
@@ -127,7 +131,11 @@ public class DefaultCompactor extends Compactor {
         }
       } finally {
         for (StoreFile f : readersToClose) {
-          f.closeReader(true);
+          try {
+            f.closeReader(true);
+          } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            LOG.warn("Exception closing " + f, ioe);
+          }
         }
       }
     }