diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/Handler/MemcacheSessionHandler.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/Handler/MemcacheSessionHandler.php
index a386bdd184e4..962a3878d976 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/Handler/MemcacheSessionHandler.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/Handler/MemcacheSessionHandler.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public function open($savePath, $sessionName)
      */
     public function close()
     {
-        return $this->memcache->close();
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/Session/Storage/Handler/MemcacheSessionHandlerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/Session/Storage/Handler/MemcacheSessionHandlerTest.php
index 0c579d772484..6745a22455ed 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/Session/Storage/Handler/MemcacheSessionHandlerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/Session/Storage/Handler/MemcacheSessionHandlerTest.php
@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ public function testOpenSession()
 
     public function testCloseSession()
     {
-        $this->memcache
-            ->expects($this->once())
-            ->method('close')
-            ->will($this->returnValue(true))
-        ;
-
         $this->assertTrue($this->storage->close());
     }