diff --git a/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/TableScanResource.java b/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/TableScanResource.java
index 3effc018d1e..b1f7eaccda2 100644
--- a/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/TableScanResource.java
+++ b/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/TableScanResource.java
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ public class TableScanResource  extends ResourceBase {
                   kv.getTimestamp(), CellUtil.cloneValue(kv)));
             }
             count--;
+            if (count == 0) {
+              results.close();
+            }
             return rModel;
           }
         };