diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
index 2dd85c7f4..8f7425ce5 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
@@ -1513,19 +1513,32 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 			CursorPreparer preparer, DbObjectCallback<T> objectCallback, String collectionName) {
 
 		try {
-			DBCursor cursor = collectionCallback.doInCollection(getAndPrepareCollection(getDb(), collectionName));
 
-			if (preparer != null) {
-				cursor = preparer.prepare(cursor);
-			}
+			DBCursor cursor = null;
 
-			List<T> result = new ArrayList<T>();
+			try {
 
-			for (DBObject object : cursor) {
-				result.add(objectCallback.doWith(object));
-			}
+				cursor = collectionCallback.doInCollection(getAndPrepareCollection(getDb(), collectionName));
 
-			return result;
+				if (preparer != null) {
+					cursor = preparer.prepare(cursor);
+				}
+
+				List<T> result = new ArrayList<T>();
+
+				while (cursor.hasNext()) {
+					DBObject object = cursor.next();
+					result.add(objectCallback.doWith(object));
+				}
+
+				return result;
+
+			} finally {
+
+				if (cursor != null) {
+					cursor.close();
+				}
+			}
 		} catch (RuntimeException e) {
 			throw potentiallyConvertRuntimeException(e);
 		}
@@ -1535,15 +1548,27 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 			DocumentCallbackHandler callbackHandler, String collectionName) {
 
 		try {
-			DBCursor cursor = collectionCallback.doInCollection(getAndPrepareCollection(getDb(), collectionName));
 
-			if (preparer != null) {
-				cursor = preparer.prepare(cursor);
-			}
+			DBCursor cursor = null;
 
-			for (DBObject dbobject : cursor) {
-				callbackHandler.processDocument(dbobject);
+			try {
+				cursor = collectionCallback.doInCollection(getAndPrepareCollection(getDb(), collectionName));
+
+				if (preparer != null) {
+					cursor = preparer.prepare(cursor);
+				}
+
+				while (cursor.hasNext()) {
+					DBObject dbobject = cursor.next();
+					callbackHandler.processDocument(dbobject);
+				}
+
+			} finally {
+				if (cursor != null) {
+					cursor.close();
+				}
 			}
+
 		} catch (RuntimeException e) {
 			throw potentiallyConvertRuntimeException(e);
 		}