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 c178b51..0f7aa38 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
@@ -214,9 +214,7 @@
     public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
         if (lsmHarness != null) {
             try {
-                for (int i = 0; i < rangeCursors.length; i++) {
-                    rangeCursors[i].close();
-                }
+                closeCursors();
                 rangeCursors = null;
             } finally {
                 lsmHarness.endSearch(opCtx);
@@ -265,4 +263,13 @@
         return false;
     }
 
+    private void closeCursors() throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (rangeCursors != null) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < rangeCursors.length; ++i) {
+                if (rangeCursors[i] != null) {
+                    rangeCursors[i].close();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }