--- a/mobile/android/tests/browser/robocop/src/org/mozilla/gecko/tests/testBrowserDatabaseHelperUpgrades.java
+++ b/mobile/android/tests/browser/robocop/src/org/mozilla/gecko/tests/testBrowserDatabaseHelperUpgrades.java
@@ -85,18 +85,23 @@ public class testBrowserDatabaseHelperUp
                 fAssertEquals("Input DB isn't the expected version",
                               i, db.getVersion());
             } finally {
                 db.close();
             }
 
             final BrowserDatabaseHelper dbHelperToUpgrade = new BrowserDatabaseHelper(getActivity(), tempDbPath);
             // Ideally, we'd test upgrading version i to version i + 1 but this method does not permit that. Alas!
-            fAssertEquals("DB helper should upgrade to latest version",
-                    BrowserDatabaseHelper.DATABASE_VERSION, dbHelperToUpgrade.getWritableDatabase().getVersion());
+            final SQLiteDatabase upgradedDb = dbHelperToUpgrade.getWritableDatabase();
+            try {
+                fAssertEquals("DB helper should upgrade to latest version",
+                              BrowserDatabaseHelper.DATABASE_VERSION, upgradedDb.getVersion());
+            } finally {
+                upgradedDb.close();
+            }
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * Copies the database from the assets directory to a temporary test file.
      *
      * @param version version of the database to copy.
      * @return the String path to the new copy of the database