diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/HdfsTransactionLog.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/HdfsTransactionLog.java
index 73ab0e7215c..75a28fa13f1 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/HdfsTransactionLog.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/HdfsTransactionLog.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.solr.common.util.DataInputInputStream;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.FastInputStream;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.FastOutputStream;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.JavaBinCodec;
+import org.apache.solr.common.util.ObjectReleaseTracker;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -114,6 +115,8 @@ public class HdfsTransactionLog extends TransactionLog {
 
       success = true;
 
+      assert ObjectReleaseTracker.track(this);
+      
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.SERVER_ERROR, e);
     } finally {
@@ -305,6 +308,7 @@ public class HdfsTransactionLog extends TransactionLog {
       log.error("Exception closing tlog.", e);
       throw new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.SERVER_ERROR, e);
     } finally {
+      assert ObjectReleaseTracker.release(this);
       if (deleteOnClose) {
         try {
           fs.delete(tlogFile, true);
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/TransactionLog.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/TransactionLog.java
index 88b8133fd7c..88f879eba9d 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/TransactionLog.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/TransactionLog.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.apache.solr.common.util.DataInputInputStream;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.FastInputStream;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.FastOutputStream;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.JavaBinCodec;
+import org.apache.solr.common.util.ObjectReleaseTracker;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -177,6 +178,8 @@ public class TransactionLog {
       }
 
       success = true;
+      
+      assert ObjectReleaseTracker.track(this);
 
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.SERVER_ERROR, e);
@@ -553,6 +556,8 @@ public class TransactionLog {
       }
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.SERVER_ERROR, e);
+    } finally {
+      assert ObjectReleaseTracker.release(this);
     }
   }