diff --git a/mcs/class/System.Data/System.Data.SqlClient/ChangeLog b/mcs/class/System.Data/System.Data.SqlClient/ChangeLog
index 675a72a5c37cbe9092289d19698dd57917df19f4..c43bf957255ea648a598d76cf6ef562e3a39c7f5 100644
--- a/mcs/class/System.Data/System.Data.SqlClient/ChangeLog
+++ b/mcs/class/System.Data/System.Data.SqlClient/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-10-01  Veerapuram Varadhan  <vvaradhan@novell.com>
+
+	** Fixes #561667
+	* SqlCommand.cs (Dispose): While Disposing, set connection's datareader 
+	to null so as the connection can be reused with another datareader.
+	
 2010-07-28  Veerapuram Varadhan  <vvaradhan@novell.com>
 
 	** Fixes #584833
diff --git a/mcs/class/System.Data/System.Data.SqlClient/SqlCommand.cs b/mcs/class/System.Data/System.Data.SqlClient/SqlCommand.cs
index e9cf8c112feade26834933789c299425955c3462..b0962359876ee29436e75ccbf9974bb4459915db 100644
--- a/mcs/class/System.Data/System.Data.SqlClient/SqlCommand.cs
+++ b/mcs/class/System.Data/System.Data.SqlClient/SqlCommand.cs
@@ -706,6 +706,8 @@ namespace System.Data.SqlClient {
 			if (disposed) return;
 			if (disposing) {
 				parameters.Clear();
+				if (Connection != null)
+					Connection.DataReader = null;
 			}
 			base.Dispose (disposing);
 			disposed = true;
diff --git a/mcs/class/System.Data/Test/ProviderTests/System.Data.SqlClient/ChangeLog b/mcs/class/System.Data/Test/ProviderTests/System.Data.SqlClient/ChangeLog
index b3c7fd0ab337ef5e541ba5dc7699c7f1bbecf69d..8f8e70007904602982bd894374507922f90ee879 100644
--- a/mcs/class/System.Data/Test/ProviderTests/System.Data.SqlClient/ChangeLog
+++ b/mcs/class/System.Data/Test/ProviderTests/System.Data.SqlClient/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-10-01  Veerapuram Varadhan  <vvaradhan@novell.com>
+
+	* SqlCommandTest.cs: Add test for bug#561667
+	
 2010-09-20  Veerapuram Varadhan  <vvaradhan@novell.com>
 
 	* SqlDataReaderTest.cs: Add test for bug#613087
diff --git a/mcs/class/System.Data/Test/ProviderTests/System.Data.SqlClient/SqlCommandTest.cs b/mcs/class/System.Data/Test/ProviderTests/System.Data.SqlClient/SqlCommandTest.cs
index 7274ddfd5889333655efd807f575c5e15d667d5c..50ad553ebe93b2cc170bd19c33e73b71f7229a58 100644
--- a/mcs/class/System.Data/Test/ProviderTests/System.Data.SqlClient/SqlCommandTest.cs
+++ b/mcs/class/System.Data/Test/ProviderTests/System.Data.SqlClient/SqlCommandTest.cs
@@ -3019,6 +3019,37 @@ namespace MonoTests.System.Data.SqlClient
 			}			
 		}
 
+		[Test]  // bug#561667
+		public void CmdDispose_DataReaderReset ()
+		{
+			try {
+				conn = (SqlConnection) ConnectionManager.Singleton.Connection;
+				ConnectionManager.Singleton.OpenConnection ();
+			    string query1 = "SELECT fname FROM employee where lname='kumar'";
+				string query2 = "SELECT type_int FROM numeric_family where type_bit = 1";
+				DataTable t = null;
+	
+				t = GetColumns(conn, query1);
+				Assert.AreEqual ("suresh", t.Rows[0][0], "CmdDD#1: Query1 result mismatch");
+			    t = GetColumns(conn, query2);
+				Assert.AreEqual (int.MaxValue, t.Rows[0][0], "CmdDD#2: Query2 result mismatch");
+			} finally {
+			    ConnectionManager.Singleton.CloseConnection ();
+				conn = null;
+			}
+		}
+	
+		private DataTable GetColumns(DbConnection connection, string query)
+		{
+		    DataTable t = new DataTable("Columns");
+		    using (DbCommand c = connection.CreateCommand())
+		    {
+		        c.CommandText = query;
+		        t.Load(c.ExecuteReader());
+		    }
+		    return t;
+		}
+		
 		// used as workaround for bugs in NUnit 2.2.0
 		static void AreEqual (object x, object y, string msg)
 		{