diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/JavaLDAExample.java b/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/JavaLDAExample.java
index f394ff2084463..36207ae38d9a9 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/JavaLDAExample.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/JavaLDAExample.java
@@ -71,5 +71,6 @@ public Tuple2<Long, Vector> call(Tuple2<Vector, Long> doc_id) {
       }
       System.out.println();
     }
+    sc.stop();
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/LDAExample.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/LDAExample.scala
index 0e1b27a8bd2ee..11399a7633638 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/LDAExample.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/LDAExample.scala
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ object LDAExample {
       }
       println()
     }
-
+    sc.stop()
   }
 
   /**