diff --git a/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-forst/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/state/forst/ForStGeneralMultiGetOperation.java b/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-forst/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/state/forst/ForStGeneralMultiGetOperation.java
index a235de7e2087c5..ebf379797b1acb 100644
--- a/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-forst/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/state/forst/ForStGeneralMultiGetOperation.java
+++ b/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-forst/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/state/forst/ForStGeneralMultiGetOperation.java
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ public CompletableFuture<Void> process() {
         for (List<ForStDBGetRequest<?, ?, ?, ?>> getRequests : splitRequests) {
             executor.execute(
                     () -> {
-                        try {
-                            ReadOptions readOptions = new ReadOptions();
+                        try (ReadOptions readOptions = new ReadOptions()) {
                             readOptions.setReadaheadSize(0);
                             List<byte[]> keys = new ArrayList<>(getRequests.size());
                             List<ColumnFamilyHandle> columnFamilyHandles =