diff --git a/s3/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/S3Client.java b/s3/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/S3Client.java
index 3268eb097ff9c66d7ae6635762f02a3875dbf8dd..8ef3f5be38c30bf7f342440bab2203c87a585a47 100644
--- a/s3/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/S3Client.java
+++ b/s3/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/S3Client.java
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ public class S3Client extends DB {
       objectData.read(inputStreamToByte, 0, sizeOfFile);
       result.put(key, new ByteArrayByteIterator(inputStreamToByte));
       objectData.close();
+      objectAndMetadata.getKey().close();
     } catch (Exception e){
       System.err.println("Not possible to get the object "+key);
       e.printStackTrace();