diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/PoolableStatement.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/PoolableStatement.java
index 5c3b5667f6..1893049d1d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/PoolableStatement.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/pool/PoolableStatement.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class PoolableStatement extends PoolableWrapper implements Statement {
         }
     }
 
-    void clearResultSet() {
+    protected void clearResultSet() {
         for (ResultSet rs : resultSetTrace) {
             try {
                 if (!rs.isClosed()) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/pool/basic/PoolableStatementTest3.java b/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/pool/basic/PoolableStatementTest3.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed28754dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/pool/basic/PoolableStatementTest3.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.alibaba.druid.bvt.pool.basic;
+
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import com.alibaba.druid.mock.MockResultSet;
+import com.alibaba.druid.pool.PoolableStatement;
+
+public class PoolableStatementTest3 extends TestCase {
+
+    public void test_clearResultSetError() throws Exception {
+        final MockResultSet rs = new MockResultSet(null) {
+            public void close() throws SQLException {
+                throw new SQLException();
+            }
+        };
+        
+        PoolableStatement stmt = new PoolableStatement(null, null) {
+            public void close() throws SQLException {
+                resultSetTrace.add(rs);
+                clearResultSet();
+            }
+        };
+        stmt.close();
+        
+    }
+}