diff --git a/flink-contrib/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/contrib/streaming/state/RocksDBKeyedStateBackend.java b/flink-contrib/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/contrib/streaming/state/RocksDBKeyedStateBackend.java
index 3cb21acf0221511fc98c72eb746d0a02a35c8b19..f5dddd6f2f0e434a82beaf8730cb68ff8a2a69f1 100644
--- a/flink-contrib/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/contrib/streaming/state/RocksDBKeyedStateBackend.java
+++ b/flink-contrib/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/contrib/streaming/state/RocksDBKeyedStateBackend.java
@@ -844,54 +844,47 @@ public class RocksDBKeyedStateBackend<K> extends AbstractKeyedStateBackend<K> {
 
 		KeyedStateHandle materializeSnapshot() throws Exception {
 
-			synchronized (stateBackend.asyncSnapshotLock) {
+			stateBackend.cancelStreamRegistry.registerClosable(closeableRegistry);
 
-				if (stateBackend.db == null) {
-					throw new IOException("RocksDB closed.");
-				}
-
-				stateBackend.cancelStreamRegistry.registerClosable(closeableRegistry);
+			// write meta data
+			metaStateHandle = materializeMetaData();
 
-				// write meta data
-				metaStateHandle = materializeMetaData();
+			// write state data
+			Preconditions.checkState(backupFileSystem.exists(backupPath));
 
-				// write state data
-				Preconditions.checkState(backupFileSystem.exists(backupPath));
+			FileStatus[] fileStatuses = backupFileSystem.listStatus(backupPath);
+			if (fileStatuses != null) {
+				for (FileStatus fileStatus : fileStatuses) {
+					Path filePath = fileStatus.getPath();
+					String fileName = filePath.getName();
 
-				FileStatus[] fileStatuses = backupFileSystem.listStatus(backupPath);
-				if (fileStatuses != null) {
-					for (FileStatus fileStatus : fileStatuses) {
-						Path filePath = fileStatus.getPath();
-						String fileName = filePath.getName();
+					if (fileName.endsWith(SST_FILE_SUFFIX)) {
+						StreamStateHandle fileHandle =
+							baseSstFiles == null ? null : baseSstFiles.get(fileName);
 
-						if (fileName.endsWith(SST_FILE_SUFFIX)) {
-							StreamStateHandle fileHandle =
-								baseSstFiles == null ? null : baseSstFiles.get(fileName);
+						if (fileHandle == null) {
+							fileHandle = materializeStateData(filePath);
 
-							if (fileHandle == null) {
-								fileHandle = materializeStateData(filePath);
-
-								newSstFiles.put(fileName, fileHandle);
-							} else {
-								oldSstFiles.put(fileName, fileHandle);
-							}
+							newSstFiles.put(fileName, fileHandle);
 						} else {
-							StreamStateHandle fileHandle = materializeStateData(filePath);
-							miscFiles.put(fileName, fileHandle);
+							oldSstFiles.put(fileName, fileHandle);
 						}
+					} else {
+						StreamStateHandle fileHandle = materializeStateData(filePath);
+						miscFiles.put(fileName, fileHandle);
 					}
 				}
+			}
 
-				Map<String, StreamStateHandle> sstFiles = new HashMap<>(newSstFiles.size() + oldSstFiles.size());
-				sstFiles.putAll(newSstFiles);
-				sstFiles.putAll(oldSstFiles);
+			Map<String, StreamStateHandle> sstFiles = new HashMap<>(newSstFiles.size() + oldSstFiles.size());
+			sstFiles.putAll(newSstFiles);
+			sstFiles.putAll(oldSstFiles);
 
-				stateBackend.materializedSstFiles.put(checkpointId, sstFiles);
+			stateBackend.materializedSstFiles.put(checkpointId, sstFiles);
 
-				return new RocksDBIncrementalKeyedStateHandle(stateBackend.jobId,
-					stateBackend.operatorIdentifier, stateBackend.keyGroupRange,
-					checkpointId, newSstFiles, oldSstFiles, miscFiles, metaStateHandle);
-			}
+			return new RocksDBIncrementalKeyedStateHandle(stateBackend.jobId,
+				stateBackend.operatorIdentifier, stateBackend.keyGroupRange,
+				checkpointId, newSstFiles, oldSstFiles, miscFiles, metaStateHandle);
 		}
 
 		void stop() {
diff --git a/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/util/AbstractCloseableRegistry.java b/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/util/AbstractCloseableRegistry.java
index 766ede9323460e3e55d7fb7f57798e6ab6d1751a..f949779ff1831b0c9b089842f892d818f75ec0cb 100644
--- a/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/util/AbstractCloseableRegistry.java
+++ b/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/util/AbstractCloseableRegistry.java
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractCloseableRegistry<C extends Closeable, T> implemen
 	public void close() throws IOException {
 		synchronized (getSynchronizationLock()) {
 
+			if (closed) {
+				return;
+			}
+
 			IOUtils.closeAllQuietly(closeableToRef.keySet());
 
 			closeableToRef.clear();
diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/AbstractKeyedStateBackend.java b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/AbstractKeyedStateBackend.java
index 4f3ed016ac0367262ac7f0e147661a0b5f0b22e0..47ebe3b73f558584591f91049e807dab8825e791 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/AbstractKeyedStateBackend.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/AbstractKeyedStateBackend.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.internal.InternalListState;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.internal.InternalMapState;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.internal.InternalReducingState;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.internal.InternalValueState;
+import org.apache.flink.util.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.flink.util.Preconditions;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
@@ -122,6 +123,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractKeyedStateBackend<K>
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public void dispose() {
+
+		IOUtils.closeQuietly(this);
+
 		if (kvStateRegistry != null) {
 			kvStateRegistry.unregisterAll();
 		}
diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/DefaultOperatorStateBackend.java b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/DefaultOperatorStateBackend.java
index ec4aa81dfd62dcb9e1fb23ca142b07198a4fc9d1..ab0c1f0bf3ed24c4ea58cf5215ff52cc2634d002 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/DefaultOperatorStateBackend.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/DefaultOperatorStateBackend.java
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ public class DefaultOperatorStateBackend implements OperatorStateBackend {
 
 	@Override
 	public void dispose() {
+		IOUtils.closeQuietly(this);
 		registeredStates.clear();
 	}
 
diff --git a/flink-streaming-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/api/operators/AbstractStreamOperator.java b/flink-streaming-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/api/operators/AbstractStreamOperator.java
index 8c1caee4dd2c36e949cf3e342a7e57f314836291..057df2b9d860060fe7c6066d52ba7f5abc021bd8 100644
--- a/flink-streaming-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/api/operators/AbstractStreamOperator.java
+++ b/flink-streaming-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/api/operators/AbstractStreamOperator.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.ConcurrentModificationException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.math3.stat.descriptive.DescriptiveStatistics;
 import org.apache.flink.annotation.PublicEvolving;
 import org.apache.flink.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
@@ -358,12 +357,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractStreamOperator<OUT>
 	public void dispose() throws Exception {
 
 		if (operatorStateBackend != null) {
-			IOUtils.closeQuietly(operatorStateBackend);
 			operatorStateBackend.dispose();
 		}
 
 		if (keyedStateBackend != null) {
-			IOUtils.closeQuietly(keyedStateBackend);
 			keyedStateBackend.dispose();
 		}
 	}