diff --git a/common/gateway-stats-storage/src/lib.rs b/common/gateway-stats-storage/src/lib.rs
index 5aa0194da9..b9b90537e9 100644
--- a/common/gateway-stats-storage/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/gateway-stats-storage/src/lib.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ impl PersistentStatsStorage {
 
         if let Err(err) = sqlx::migrate!("./migrations").run(&connection_pool).await {
             error!("Failed to perform migration on the SQLx database: {err}");
-            connection_pool.close().await;
             return Err(err.into());
         }
 
diff --git a/common/gateway-storage/src/lib.rs b/common/gateway-storage/src/lib.rs
index 1d91576ccb..2d05d43fe7 100644
--- a/common/gateway-storage/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/gateway-storage/src/lib.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ impl GatewayStorage {
 
         if let Err(err) = sqlx::migrate!("./migrations").run(&connection_pool).await {
             error!("Failed to perform migration on the SQLx database: {err}");
-            connection_pool.close().await;
             return Err(err.into());
         }