diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/manager/oracle/OraOopDataDrivenDBInputFormat.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/manager/oracle/OraOopDataDrivenDBInputFormat.java
index 13f05d52..3e88d049 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/manager/oracle/OraOopDataDrivenDBInputFormat.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/manager/oracle/OraOopDataDrivenDBInputFormat.java
@@ -136,8 +136,16 @@ public List<InputSplit> getSplits(JobContext jobContext) throws IOException {
         }
 
       }
+      connection.commit();
     } catch (SQLException ex) {
+      try {
+        connection.rollback();
+      } catch (SQLException e) {
+        LOG.error("Cannot rollback transaction.", e);
+      }
       throw new IOException(ex);
+    } finally {
+      closeConnection();
     }
 
     return splits;
@@ -199,13 +207,11 @@ protected RecordReader<LongWritable, T> createDBRecordReader(
       // the current
       // value of the URL_PROPERTY...
 
-      return new OraOopDBRecordReader<T>(split, inputClass, conf, dbConf
-          .getConnection(), dbConf, dbConf.getInputConditions(), dbConf
+      return new OraOopDBRecordReader<T>(split, inputClass, conf,
+          getConnection(), dbConf, dbConf.getInputConditions(), dbConf
           .getInputFieldNames(), dbConf.getInputTableName());
     } catch (SQLException ex) {
       throw new IOException(ex);
-    } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
-      throw new IOException(ex);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/db/DBInputFormat.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/db/DBInputFormat.java
index 3a8e5d08..0a2e3961 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/db/DBInputFormat.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/db/DBInputFormat.java
@@ -158,8 +158,11 @@ public void write(DataOutput output) throws IOException {
   @Override
   /** {@inheritDoc} */
   public void setConf(Configuration conf) {
+    setDbConf(new DBConfiguration(conf));
+  }
 
-    dbConf = new DBConfiguration(conf);
+  public void setDbConf(DBConfiguration dbConf) {
+    this.dbConf = dbConf;
 
     try {
       getConnection();
@@ -389,7 +392,9 @@ protected void closeConnection() {
         this.connection.close();
         this.connection = null;
       }
-    } catch (SQLException sqlE) { /* ignore exception on close. */ }
+    } catch (SQLException sqlE) {
+      LOG.error("Cannot close JDBC connection.", sqlE);
+    }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/ThirdPartyTests.java b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/ThirdPartyTests.java
index 50f31929..3103bd4d 100644
--- a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/ThirdPartyTests.java
+++ b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/ThirdPartyTests.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.netezza.DirectNetezzaHCatImportManualTest;
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.netezza.NetezzaExportManualTest;
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.netezza.NetezzaImportManualTest;
+import org.apache.sqoop.manager.oracle.OraOopDataDrivenDBInputFormatConnectionCloseTest;
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.oracle.OracleCallExportTest;
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.oracle.OracleIncrementalImportTest;
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.oracle.OracleSplitterTest;
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ public static Test suite() {
     suite.addTestSuite(OracleCompatTest.class);
     suite.addTestSuite(OracleIncrementalImportTest.class);
     suite.addTestSuite(OracleSplitterTest.class);
+    suite.addTestSuite(OraOopDataDrivenDBInputFormatConnectionCloseTest.class);
 
     // SQL Server
     suite.addTestSuite(SQLServerDatatypeExportDelimitedFileManualTest.class);
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/manager/oracle/OraOopDataDrivenDBInputFormatConnectionCloseTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/manager/oracle/OraOopDataDrivenDBInputFormatConnectionCloseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78451608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/manager/oracle/OraOopDataDrivenDBInputFormatConnectionCloseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package org.apache.sqoop.manager.oracle;
+
+import com.cloudera.sqoop.mapreduce.db.DBConfiguration;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.JobContext;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyString;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+public class OraOopDataDrivenDBInputFormatConnectionCloseTest extends TestCase {
+
+  private static final OraOopLog LOG = OraOopLogFactory.getLog(
+      TestOraOopDataDrivenDBInputFormat.class.getName());
+
+  private static final String ORACLE_PREPARED_STATEMENT_CLASS = "oracle.jdbc.OraclePreparedStatement";
+
+  private OraOopDataDrivenDBInputFormat inputFormat;
+
+  private Connection mockConnection;
+
+  private JobContext mockJobContext;
+
+  @Before
+  public void setUp() throws Exception {
+    Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
+    configuration.set(DBConfiguration.USERNAME_PROPERTY, "Oracle user");
+    configuration.setInt(OraOopConstants.ORAOOP_DESIRED_NUMBER_OF_MAPPERS, 1);
+
+    Class<? extends PreparedStatement> preparedStatementClass =
+        (Class<? extends PreparedStatement>) Class.forName(ORACLE_PREPARED_STATEMENT_CLASS);
+    PreparedStatement mockPreparedStatement = mock(preparedStatementClass);
+    ResultSet mockResultSet = mock(ResultSet.class);
+    when(mockResultSet.next()).thenReturn(true).thenReturn(false);
+    when(mockPreparedStatement.executeQuery()).thenReturn(mockResultSet);
+
+    mockConnection = mock(Connection.class);
+    DatabaseMetaData dbMetaData = mock(DatabaseMetaData.class);
+    when(dbMetaData.getDatabaseProductName()).thenReturn("Oracle");
+    when(mockConnection.getMetaData()).thenReturn(dbMetaData);
+    when(mockConnection.prepareStatement(anyString())).thenReturn(mockPreparedStatement);
+
+    DBConfiguration dbConf = mock(DBConfiguration.class);
+    when(dbConf.getConnection()).thenReturn(mockConnection);
+    when(dbConf.getConf()).thenReturn(configuration);
+    when(dbConf.getInputTableName()).thenReturn("InputTable");
+
+    mockJobContext = mock(JobContext.class);
+    when(mockJobContext.getConfiguration()).thenReturn(configuration);
+
+    inputFormat = new OraOopDataDrivenDBInputFormat();
+    inputFormat.setDbConf(dbConf);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGetSplitsClosesConnectionProperly() throws Exception {
+    inputFormat.getSplits(mockJobContext);
+    verify(mockConnection).commit();
+    verify(mockConnection).close();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGetSplitsClosesConnectionProperlyWhenExceptionIsThrown() throws Exception {
+
+    doThrow(new SQLException("For the sake of testing the commit fails.")).when(mockConnection).commit();
+
+    try {
+      inputFormat.getSplits(mockJobContext);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      LOG.debug("An expected exception is thrown in testSplitsClosesConnectionProperlyWhenExceptionIsThrown, ignoring.");
+    }
+
+    verify(mockConnection).rollback();
+    verify(mockConnection).close();
+
+  }
+
+
+}