diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/AbstractJDBCSeq.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/AbstractJDBCSeq.java
index de0886da3..6c82beb4b 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/AbstractJDBCSeq.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/AbstractJDBCSeq.java
@@ -184,9 +184,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractJDBCSeq
             // The seq is part of the business transaction however we need
             // to decrement the ref count so that the connection may be 
             // closed appropriately.
-            if(conn instanceof RefCountConnection) { 
             	try { 
-            		((RefCountConnection)conn).close();
+            		conn.close();
             	}
             	catch(SQLException se) { 
             		throw SQLExceptions.getStore(se);