diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/alert/AlertManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/alert/AlertManagerImpl.java
index 31c0585ac70..b8ccedf2745 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/alert/AlertManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/alert/AlertManagerImpl.java
@@ -315,8 +315,6 @@ public class AlertManagerImpl implements AlertManager {
         } catch (Exception ex) {
         	txn.rollback();
         	s_logger.error("Unable to start transaction for capacity update");
-        }finally {
-        	txn.close();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
index fa46821a81b..345019773da 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
@@ -1920,7 +1920,6 @@ public class StorageManagerImpl implements StorageManager, StorageService, Manag
             // set the pool state to prepare for maintenance
             primaryStorage.setStatus(StoragePoolStatus.PrepareForMaintenance);
             _storagePoolDao.update(primaryStorageId, primaryStorage);
-            txn.commit();
 
             // check to see if other ps exist
             // if they do, then we can migrate over the system vms to them
@@ -1962,7 +1961,6 @@ public class StorageManagerImpl implements StorageManager, StorageService, Manag
             }
 
             txn.commit();
-            txn.close();
 
             // 4. Process the queue
             List<StoragePoolWorkVO> pendingWork = _storagePoolWorkDao.listPendingWorkForPrepareForMaintenanceByPoolId(primaryStorageId);