diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ColumnChunkPageReadStore.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ColumnChunkPageReadStore.java
index c7fc22b29f..fc6d47f885 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ColumnChunkPageReadStore.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ColumnChunkPageReadStore.java
@@ -410,9 +410,14 @@ void setReleaser(ByteBufferReleaser releaser) {
 
   @Override
   public void close() {
-    for (ColumnChunkPageReader reader : readers.values()) {
-      reader.releaseBuffers();
+    try {
+      for (ColumnChunkPageReader reader : readers.values()) {
+        reader.releaseBuffers();
+      }
+    } finally {
+      if (releaser != null) {
+        releaser.close();
+      }
     }
-    releaser.close();
   }
 }
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/TestColumnChunkPageReadStore.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/TestColumnChunkPageReadStore.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00d205e136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/TestColumnChunkPageReadStore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/*
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+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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+ *
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+ */
+package org.apache.parquet.hadoop;
+
+import static org.apache.parquet.column.Encoding.PLAIN;
+import static org.apache.parquet.column.Encoding.RLE;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import org.apache.parquet.ParquetReadOptions;
+import org.apache.parquet.bytes.ByteBufferAllocator;
+import org.apache.parquet.bytes.ByteBufferReleaser;
+import org.apache.parquet.bytes.BytesInput;
+import org.apache.parquet.bytes.HeapByteBufferAllocator;
+import org.apache.parquet.bytes.TrackingByteBufferAllocator;
+import org.apache.parquet.column.ColumnDescriptor;
+import org.apache.parquet.column.page.DataPage;
+import org.apache.parquet.column.page.DataPageV1;
+import org.apache.parquet.compression.CompressionCodecFactory.BytesInputDecompressor;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ColumnChunkPageReadStore.ColumnChunkPageReader;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.PrimitiveType;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName;
+import org.apache.parquet.schema.Type.Repetition;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class TestColumnChunkPageReadStore {
+
+  private static final ColumnDescriptor COLUMN = new ColumnDescriptor(
+      new String[] {"x"}, new PrimitiveType(Repetition.OPTIONAL, PrimitiveTypeName.INT32, "x"), 0, 0);
+
+  private static final BytesInputDecompressor NOOP_DECOMPRESSOR = new BytesInputDecompressor() {
+    @Override
+    public BytesInput decompress(BytesInput bytes, int decompressedSize) {
+      return bytes;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void decompress(ByteBuffer input, int compressedSize, ByteBuffer output, int decompressedSize) {}
+
+    @Override
+    public void release() {}
+  };
+
+  @Test
+  public void closeWithoutSetReleaserDoesNotThrow() {
+    try (TrackingByteBufferAllocator allocator = TrackingByteBufferAllocator.wrap(new HeapByteBufferAllocator())) {
+      ParquetReadOptions options =
+          ParquetReadOptions.builder().withAllocator(allocator).build();
+
+      ColumnChunkPageReadStore store = new ColumnChunkPageReadStore(0L);
+      store.addColumn(COLUMN, newReaderWithoutPages(options));
+
+      // setReleaser() is intentionally NOT called here.
+      store.close();
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void closeReleasesReleaserEvenWhenReaderThrows() throws Exception {
+    RuntimeException releaseFailure = new RuntimeException("release boom");
+
+    ByteBufferAllocator throwingAllocator = new ByteBufferAllocator() {
+      @Override
+      public ByteBuffer allocate(int size) {
+        return ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(size);
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public void release(ByteBuffer b) {
+        throw releaseFailure;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public boolean isDirect() {
+        return true;
+      }
+    };
+
+    try (TrackingByteBufferAllocator storeAllocator =
+        TrackingByteBufferAllocator.wrap(new HeapByteBufferAllocator())) {
+      ColumnChunkPageReadStore store = new ColumnChunkPageReadStore(1L);
+      store.addColumn(COLUMN, newReaderWithQueuedBuffer(throwingAllocator));
+
+      // The store-level releaser holds a tracked buffer that must be released by close()'s finally block.
+      ByteBufferReleaser storeReleaser = new ByteBufferReleaser(storeAllocator);
+      storeReleaser.releaseLater(storeAllocator.allocate(8));
+      store.setReleaser(storeReleaser);
+
+      try {
+        store.close();
+        throw new AssertionError("Expected close() to propagate the reader failure");
+      } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+        assertEquals(releaseFailure, e);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static ColumnChunkPageReader newReaderWithoutPages(ParquetReadOptions options) {
+    return new ColumnChunkPageReader(
+        NOOP_DECOMPRESSOR, Collections.<DataPage>emptyList(), null, null, 0L, null, null, 0, 0, options);
+  }
+
+  private static ColumnChunkPageReader newReaderWithQueuedBuffer(ByteBufferAllocator allocator) {
+    ParquetReadOptions options = ParquetReadOptions.builder()
+        .withAllocator(allocator)
+        .useOffHeapDecryptBuffer(true)
+        .build();
+
+    ByteBuffer pageBytes = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(4);
+    pageBytes.putInt(0, 42);
+    DataPageV1 page = new DataPageV1(BytesInput.from(pageBytes), 1, 4, null, RLE, RLE, PLAIN);
+
+    ColumnChunkPageReader reader = new ColumnChunkPageReader(
+        NOOP_DECOMPRESSOR,
+        Collections.<DataPage>singletonList(page),
+        null,
+        null,
+        1L,
+        null,
+        null,
+        0,
+        0,
+        options);
+
+    // Reading the page through the off-heap path queues a buffer into the reader's internal releaser, so
+    // releaseBuffers() will later invoke the throwing allocator's release().
+    if (reader.readPage() == null) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException("Expected a page to be read");
+    }
+    return reader;
+  }
+}