diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/MockResultSet.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/MockResultSet.java
index 48fcfe3548..1f3e4efe00 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/MockResultSet.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/tools/jdbc/MockResultSet.java
@@ -347,8 +347,6 @@ public class MockResultSet extends JDBC41ResultSet implements ResultSet, Seriali
 
     @Override
     public void close() throws SQLException {
-        checkNotClosed();
-
         result = null;
         index = 0;
     }