diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegion.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegion.java
index 322a1e4b5a2e..d244ca767be2 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegion.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegion.java
@@ -287,21 +287,26 @@ public void testSequenceId() throws IOException {
     HBaseTestingUtil.closeRegionAndWAL(this.region);
     assertEquals(HConstants.NO_SEQNUM, region.getMaxFlushedSeqId());
     assertEquals(0, (long) region.getMaxStoreSeqId().get(COLUMN_FAMILY_BYTES));
-    // Open region again.
-    region = initHRegion(tableName, method, CONF, COLUMN_FAMILY_BYTES);
-    byte[] value = Bytes.toBytes(method);
-    // Make a random put against our cf.
-    Put put = new Put(value);
-    put.addColumn(COLUMN_FAMILY_BYTES, null, value);
-    region.put(put);
-    // No flush yet so init numbers should still be in place.
-    assertEquals(HConstants.NO_SEQNUM, region.getMaxFlushedSeqId());
-    assertEquals(0, (long) region.getMaxStoreSeqId().get(COLUMN_FAMILY_BYTES));
-    region.flush(true);
-    long max = region.getMaxFlushedSeqId();
-    HBaseTestingUtil.closeRegionAndWAL(this.region);
-    assertEquals(max, region.getMaxFlushedSeqId());
-    this.region = null;
+    HRegion oldRegion = region;
+    try {
+      // Open region again.
+      region = initHRegion(tableName, method, CONF, COLUMN_FAMILY_BYTES);
+      byte[] value = Bytes.toBytes(method);
+      // Make a random put against our cf.
+      Put put = new Put(value);
+      put.addColumn(COLUMN_FAMILY_BYTES, null, value);
+      region.put(put);
+      // No flush yet so init numbers should still be in place.
+      assertEquals(HConstants.NO_SEQNUM, region.getMaxFlushedSeqId());
+      assertEquals(0, (long) region.getMaxStoreSeqId().get(COLUMN_FAMILY_BYTES));
+      region.flush(true);
+      long max = region.getMaxFlushedSeqId();
+      HBaseTestingUtil.closeRegionAndWAL(this.region);
+      assertEquals(max, region.getMaxFlushedSeqId());
+      this.region = null;
+    } finally {
+      HBaseTestingUtil.closeRegionAndWAL(oldRegion);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -7608,7 +7613,7 @@ public void run() {
 
     holder.start();
     latch.await();
-    region.close();
+    HBaseTestingUtil.closeRegionAndWAL(region);
     region = null;
     holder.join();