diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/contract/s3a/ITestS3AContractSeek.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/contract/s3a/ITestS3AContractSeek.java
index bc8b71b3b3bf4..17136244487e8 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/contract/s3a/ITestS3AContractSeek.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/contract/s3a/ITestS3AContractSeek.java
@@ -141,11 +141,11 @@ protected AbstractFSContract createContract(Configuration conf) {
 
   @Override
   public void teardown() throws Exception {
+    super.teardown();
     S3AFileSystem fs = getFileSystem();
     if (fs.getConf().getBoolean(FS_S3A_IMPL_DISABLE_CACHE, false)) {
       fs.close();
     }
-    super.teardown();
   }
 
   /**