diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a81f771980..38d5bcdac7a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ and since Bareos version 20 this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https:
 - ndmp_tape.cc: do not log current rctx->rec in joblog [PR #1324]
 - dird: stored: set statistics collection as deprecated [PR #1320]
 - webui: switch from mod_php to php-fpm [PR #1287]
+- bareos-fd-postgres: properly close database connection [PR #1326]
 
 ### Deprecated
 - make_catalog_backup.pl is now a shell wrapper script which will be removed in version 23.
@@ -366,6 +367,7 @@ and since Bareos version 20 this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https:
 [PR #1270]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1270
 [PR #1271]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1271
 [PR #1272]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1272
+[PR #1273]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1273
 [PR #1275]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1275
 [PR #1276]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1276
 [PR #1277]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1277
@@ -376,6 +378,7 @@ and since Bareos version 20 this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https:
 [PR #1283]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1283
 [PR #1284]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1284
 [PR #1285]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1285
+[PR #1287]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1287
 [PR #1288]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1288
 [PR #1295]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1295
 [PR #1296]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1296
@@ -390,5 +393,7 @@ and since Bareos version 20 this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https:
 [PR #1315]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1315
 [PR #1317]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1317
 [PR #1318]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1318
+[PR #1320]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1320
 [PR #1324]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1324
+[PR #1326]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/pull/1326
 [unreleased]: https://github.com/bareos/bareos/tree/master
diff --git a/core/src/plugins/filed/python/postgres/BareosFdPluginPostgres.py b/core/src/plugins/filed/python/postgres/BareosFdPluginPostgres.py
index acfb9108429..f2f66867b9f 100644
--- a/core/src/plugins/filed/python/postgres/BareosFdPluginPostgres.py
+++ b/core/src/plugins/filed/python/postgres/BareosFdPluginPostgres.py
@@ -452,7 +452,19 @@ def restore_object_data(self, ROP):
             )
         return bareosfd.bRC_OK
 
-    def closeDbConnection(self):
+    def close_db_connection(self):
+        """
+        Make sure the DB connection is closed properly. Will not throw if the connection was already closed.
+        """
+        try:
+            self.dbCon.close()
+        except pg8000.exceptions.InterfaceError as e:
+            pass
+
+    def complete_backup_job_and_close_db(self):
+        """
+        Call pg_stop_backup() on PostgreSQL DB to mark the backup job as completed.
+        """
         # TODO Error Handling
         # Get Backup Start Date
         self.parseBackupLabelFile()
@@ -469,6 +481,7 @@ def closeDbConnection(self):
                 + "CHECKPOINT LOCATION: %s, " % self.labelItems["CHECKPOINT LOCATION"]
                 + "START WAL LOCATION: %s\n" % self.labelItems["START WAL LOCATION"],
             )
+            self.close_db_connection()
             self.PostgressFullBackupRunning = False
         except Exception as e:
             bareosfd.JobMessage(
@@ -518,11 +531,12 @@ def end_backup_file(self):
             return bareosfd.bRC_More
         else:
             if self.PostgressFullBackupRunning:
-                self.closeDbConnection()
+                self.complete_backup_job_and_close_db()
                 # Now we can also create the Restore object with the right timestamp
                 self.files_to_backup.append("ROP")
                 return self.checkForWalFiles()
             else:
+                self.close_db_connection()
                 return bareosfd.bRC_OK
 
     def end_backup_job(self):
@@ -532,8 +546,10 @@ def end_backup_job(self):
         especially when job was cancelled
         """
         if self.PostgressFullBackupRunning:
-            self.closeDbConnection()
+            self.complete_backup_job_and_close_db()
             self.PostgressFullBackupRunning = False
+        else:
+            self.close_db_connection()
         return bareosfd.bRC_OK
 
     def wait_for_wal_archiving(self, LSN):