diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/data/ConstantNullBlock.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/data/ConstantNullBlock.java
index 8acbfffaa004c..9c00213a33997 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/data/ConstantNullBlock.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/data/ConstantNullBlock.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public ElementType elementType() {
 
     @Override
     public Block filter(int... positions) {
-        close();
+        Releasables.closeExpectNoException(this);
         return new ConstantNullBlock(positions.length);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/data/BlockSerializationTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/data/BlockSerializationTests.java
index 4012416ad4fef..8b958f7bafb8f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/data/BlockSerializationTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/data/BlockSerializationTests.java
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.compute.data;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;
-import org.elasticsearch.compute.aggregation.SumLongAggregatorFunction;
-import org.elasticsearch.core.Releasables;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.breaker.CircuitBreaker;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.breaker.CircuitBreakingException;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.ByteSizeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.BigArrays;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.MockBigArrays;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.PageCacheRecycler;
+import org.elasticsearch.compute.aggregation.SumLongAggregatorFunction;
 import org.elasticsearch.compute.operator.DriverContext;
+import org.elasticsearch.core.Releasables;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.breaker.NoneCircuitBreakerService;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.EqualsHashCodeTestUtils;