diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/tools/LevelDbLogReader.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/tools/LevelDbLogReader.java
index 8f6b26a7b..c88e55c82 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/tools/LevelDbLogReader.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/tools/LevelDbLogReader.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 /**
  * Iterator that incrementally parses binary data in LevelDb format into records.
  *
+ * <p>The input source is automatically closed when all data have been read.
+ *
  * <p>See <a
  * href="https://github.com/google/leveldb/blob/master/doc/log_format.md">log_format.md</a> for the
  * leveldb log format specification.</a>
@@ -92,11 +94,12 @@ public final class LevelDbLogReader implements Iterator<byte[]> {
    */
   // TODO(weiminyu): use ByteBuffer directly.
   private Optional<byte[]> readFromChannel() throws IOException {
-    while (true) {
+    while (channel.isOpen()) {
       int bytesRead = channel.read(byteBuffer);
       if (!byteBuffer.hasRemaining() || bytesRead < 0) {
         byteBuffer.flip();
         if (!byteBuffer.hasRemaining()) {
+          channel.close();
           return Optional.empty();
         }
         byte[] result = new byte[byteBuffer.remaining()];
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ public final class LevelDbLogReader implements Iterator<byte[]> {
         return Optional.of(result);
       }
     }
+    return Optional.empty();
   }
 
   /** Read a complete block, which must be exactly 32 KB. */
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/tools/LevelDbLogReaderTest.java b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/tools/LevelDbLogReaderTest.java
index 1be5cb562..e2b6dc84d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/tools/LevelDbLogReaderTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/tools/LevelDbLogReaderTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static google.registry.tools.LevelDbUtil.MAX_RECORD;
 import static google.registry.tools.LevelDbUtil.addRecord;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Bytes;
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ public final class LevelDbLogReaderTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  void read_noData() {
+  void read_noData() throws IOException {
     assertThat(readIncrementally(new byte[0])).isEmpty();
   }
 
@@ -119,10 +122,11 @@ public final class LevelDbLogReaderTest {
   }
 
   @SafeVarargs
-  private static ImmutableList<byte[]> readIncrementally(byte[]... blocks) {
-    LevelDbLogReader recordReader =
-        LevelDbLogReader.from(new ByteArrayInputStream(Bytes.concat(blocks)));
-    return ImmutableList.copyOf(recordReader);
+  private static ImmutableList<byte[]> readIncrementally(byte[]... blocks) throws IOException {
+    ByteArrayInputStream source = spy(new ByteArrayInputStream(Bytes.concat(blocks)));
+    ImmutableList<byte[]> records = ImmutableList.copyOf(LevelDbLogReader.from(source));
+    verify(source, times(1)).close();
+    return records;
   }
 
   /** Aggregates the bytes of a test block with the record count. */