=== modified file 'src/com/mysql/jdbc/ResultSetImpl.java'
--- src/com/mysql/jdbc/ResultSetImpl.java	2012-06-19 08:16:53 +0000
+++ src/com/mysql/jdbc/ResultSetImpl.java	2012-12-03 21:45:17 +0000
@@ -7324,12 +7324,9 @@
 	 *             if an error occurs
 	 */
 	public void realClose(boolean calledExplicitly) throws SQLException {
-		MySQLConnection locallyScopedConn;
-		
-		try {
-			locallyScopedConn = checkClosed();
-		} catch (SQLException sqlEx) {
-			return; // already closed
+		MySQLConnection locallyScopedConn = this.connection;
+		if (locallyScopedConn == null) {
+		    return; // already closed
 		}
 		
 		synchronized (locallyScopedConn) {