diff --git a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBGenericOptionsToDbOptionsColumnFamilyOptionsAdapter.java b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBGenericOptionsToDbOptionsColumnFamilyOptionsAdapter.java
index d28682a1ef4..5b892a27bf5 100644
--- a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBGenericOptionsToDbOptionsColumnFamilyOptionsAdapter.java
+++ b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBGenericOptionsToDbOptionsColumnFamilyOptionsAdapter.java
@@ -1384,7 +1384,8 @@ class RocksDBGenericOptionsToDbOptionsColumnFamilyOptionsAdapter extends Options
 
     @Override
     public void close() {
-        columnFamilyOptions.close();
+        // ColumnFamilyOptions should be closed last
         dbOptions.close();
+        columnFamilyOptions.close();
     }
 }
diff --git a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBStore.java b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBStore.java
index 0643e64a8be..bcc43720380 100644
--- a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBStore.java
+++ b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBStore.java
@@ -402,11 +402,13 @@ public class RocksDBStore implements KeyValueStore<Bytes, byte[]>, BulkLoadingSt
             configSetter = null;
         }
 
+        // Important: do not rearrange the order in which the below objects are closed!
+        // Order of closing must follow: ColumnFamilyHandle > RocksDB > DBOptions > ColumnFamilyOptions
         dbAccessor.close();
+        db.close();
         userSpecifiedOptions.close();
         wOptions.close();
         fOptions.close();
-        db.close();
         filter.close();
         cache.close();