diff --git a/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/iterate/RoundRobinResultIterator.java b/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/iterate/RoundRobinResultIterator.java
index 5f0dcd29bb8..87c7cced525 100644
--- a/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/iterate/RoundRobinResultIterator.java
+++ b/phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/iterate/RoundRobinResultIterator.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public Tuple next() throws SQLException {
                 index = (index + 1) % size;
             }
         }
+        close();
         return null;
     }