1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/java/src/Freeze/EvictorIteratorI.java b/java/src/Freeze/EvictorIteratorI.java
index 7ae781bd8e2..7f73cc4850b 100644
--- a/java/src/Freeze/EvictorIteratorI.java
+++ b/java/src/Freeze/EvictorIteratorI.java
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ class EvictorIteratorI extends Ice.LocalObjectImpl implements EvictorIterator
             java.util.Map.Entry entry = (java.util.Map.Entry)iterator.next();
             _identities.add(entry.getKey());
         }
+
+	//
+	// Close the iterator explicitly. We don't want to wait for
+	// the garbage collection to destroy the iterator since the
+	// iterator consumes resources (database locks for instance).
+	//
+	((Freeze.Map.EntryIterator)iterator).close();
+
         _iterator = _identities.iterator();
     }
 
@@ -53,13 +61,6 @@ class EvictorIteratorI extends Ice.LocalObjectImpl implements EvictorIterator
     public void
     destroy()
     {
-	//
-	// Close the iterator explicitly. We don't want to wait for
-	// the garbage collection to destroy the iterator since the
-	// iterator consumes resources (database locks for instance).
-	//
-	((Freeze.Map.EntryIterator)_iterator).close();
-
         _identities = null;
         _iterator = null;
     }