diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableRecordReaderImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableRecordReaderImpl.java
index 08c1873dbaa..f4043f4836f 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableRecordReaderImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableRecordReaderImpl.java
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ public class TableRecordReaderImpl {
 
   public void close() {
     this.scanner.close();
+    try {
+      this.htable.close();
+    } catch (IOException ioe) {
+      LOG.warn("Error closing table", ioe);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableRecordReaderImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableRecordReaderImpl.java
index a95055dbbe2..7eb7871d3af 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableRecordReaderImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableRecordReaderImpl.java
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ public class TableRecordReaderImpl {
    */
   public void close() {
     this.scanner.close();
+    try {
+      this.htable.close();
+    } catch (IOException ioe) {
+      LOG.warn("Error closing table", ioe);
+    }
   }
 
   /**