diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impls/LSMBTreePointSearchCursor.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impls/LSMBTreePointSearchCursor.java
index 9740bc4..9dd8611 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impls/LSMBTreePointSearchCursor.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impls/LSMBTreePointSearchCursor.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ILSMIndexCursor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexCursor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.impls.NoOpIndexAccessParameters;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.util.ResourceReleaseUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMComponent;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMComponent.LSMComponentType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMComponentFilter;
@@ -288,11 +289,15 @@
 
     protected void closeCursors() throws HyracksDataException {
         if (btreeCursors != null) {
+            Throwable failure = null;
             for (int i = 0; i < numBTrees; ++i) {
                 if (btreeCursors[i] != null) {
-                    btreeCursors[i].close();
+                    failure = ResourceReleaseUtils.close(btreeCursors[i], failure);
                 }
             }
+            if (failure != null) {
+                throw HyracksDataException.create(failure);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMIndexSearchCursor.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMIndexSearchCursor.java
index 2c97221..d53e686 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMIndexSearchCursor.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMIndexSearchCursor.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ILSMIndexCursor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.impls.IndexAccessParameters;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.util.ResourceReleaseUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMComponent;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMComponentFilter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMHarness;
@@ -127,8 +128,12 @@
             }
 
             if (rangeCursors != null) {
+                Throwable failure = null;
                 for (int i = 0; i < rangeCursors.length; i++) {
-                    rangeCursors[i].close();
+                    failure = ResourceReleaseUtils.close(rangeCursors[i], failure);
+                }
+                if (failure != null) {
+                    throw HyracksDataException.create(failure);
                 }
             }
         } finally {