diff --git a/lucene/src/test/org/apache/lucene/store/TestBufferedIndexInput.java b/lucene/src/test/org/apache/lucene/store/TestBufferedIndexInput.java
index 6b5c3b1946e..f40d8c3fefb 100755
--- a/lucene/src/test/org/apache/lucene/store/TestBufferedIndexInput.java
+++ b/lucene/src/test/org/apache/lucene/store/TestBufferedIndexInput.java
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ public class TestBufferedIndexInput extends LuceneTestCase {
         assertEquals(35, hits.length);
         writer.close();
         searcher.close();
+        reader.close();
       } finally {
         _TestUtil.rmDir(indexDir);
       }