diff --git a/mozilla/mailnews/local/tests/mailbox/mailboxTest.cpp b/mozilla/mailnews/local/tests/mailbox/mailboxTest.cpp
index 9f95633368e..3e32e2269a3 100644
--- a/mozilla/mailnews/local/tests/mailbox/mailboxTest.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/mailnews/local/tests/mailbox/mailboxTest.cpp
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ nsresult nsMailboxTestDriver::OnDisplayMessage()
 		nsMsgKey msgKey = msgKeys[index];
 
 		// okay, we have the msgKey so let's get rid of our db state...
-		mailDb->Release();
+		mailDb->Close(PR_TRUE);
 
 		// now ask the mailbox service to parse this mailbox...
 		nsIMailboxService * mailboxService = nsnull;