diff --git a/src/wallet/db.cpp b/src/wallet/db.cpp
--- a/src/wallet/db.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/db.cpp
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@
 
     int ret = dbenv->close(0);
     if (ret != 0) {
-        LogPrintf("BerkeleyEnvironment::EnvShutdown: Error %d shutting down "
-                  "database environment: %s\n",
+        LogPrintf("BerkeleyEnvironment::Close: Error %d closing database "
+                  "environment: %s\n",
                   ret, DbEnv::strerror(ret));
     }
     if (!fMockDb) {
@@ -186,10 +186,16 @@
                         DB_INIT_TXN | DB_THREAD | DB_RECOVER | nEnvFlags,
                     S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
     if (ret != 0) {
-        dbenv->close(0);
         LogPrintf("BerkeleyEnvironment::Open: Error %d opening database "
                   "environment: %s\n",
                   ret, DbEnv::strerror(ret));
+        int ret2 = dbenv->close(0);
+        if (ret2 != 0) {
+            LogPrintf("BerkeleyEnvironment::Open: Error %d closing failed "
+                      "database environment: %s\n",
+                      ret2, DbEnv::strerror(ret2));
+        }
+        Reset();
         if (retry) {
             // try moving the database env out of the way
             fs::path pathDatabaseBak =