diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/dataset/DatasetPartitionWriter.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/dataset/DatasetPartitionWriter.java
index 138d872..0f5895e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/dataset/DatasetPartitionWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/dataset/DatasetPartitionWriter.java
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
                         }
                     } finally {
                         channel.close();
+                        ctx.getIOManager().close(handle);
                     }
                 } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
                     throw new RuntimeException(e);