diff --git a/store/v2/migration/manager.go b/store/v2/migration/manager.go
index e71d97877e..a7ce8204a4 100644
--- a/store/v2/migration/manager.go
+++ b/store/v2/migration/manager.go
@@ -183,8 +183,13 @@ func (m *Manager) writeChangeset() error {
 		batch := m.db.NewBatch()
 		// Invoking this code in a closure so that defer is called immediately on return
 		// yet not in the for-loop which can leave resource lingering.
-		err = func() error {
-			defer batch.Close()
+		err = func() (err error) {
+			defer func() {
+				cErr := batch.Close()
+				if err == nil {
+					err = cErr
+				}
+			}()
 
 			if err := batch.Set(csKey, csBytes); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to write changeset to db.Batch: %w", err)