diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/DatabaseBackend.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/DatabaseBackend.java
index f1155b07d..9e1085453 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/DatabaseBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/DatabaseBackend.java
@@ -1135,6 +1135,7 @@ public class DatabaseBackend extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
 		} else {
 			cursor.moveToFirst();
 			byte[] certificate = cursor.getBlob(cursor.getColumnIndex(SQLiteAxolotlStore.CERTIFICATE));
+			cursor.close();
 			if (certificate == null || certificate.length == 0) {
 				return null;
 			}