diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/Handler/MemcachedSessionHandler.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/Handler/MemcachedSessionHandler.php
index 61a7afd90400..8bcd75cc6e68 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/Handler/MemcachedSessionHandler.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/Handler/MemcachedSessionHandler.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public function __construct(\Memcached $memcached, array $options = array())
      */
     public function close()
     {
-        return true;
+        return $this->memcached->quit();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/Session/Storage/Handler/MemcachedSessionHandlerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/Session/Storage/Handler/MemcachedSessionHandlerTest.php
index 2a114801056c..422293084380 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/Session/Storage/Handler/MemcachedSessionHandlerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/Session/Storage/Handler/MemcachedSessionHandlerTest.php
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ public function testOpenSession()
 
     public function testCloseSession()
     {
+        $this->memcached
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('quit')
+            ->will($this->returnValue(true))
+        ;
+
         $this->assertTrue($this->storage->close());
     }