diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/1236-DheerajSShetty b/changelogs/unreleased/1236-DheerajSShetty
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87a4984a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/1236-DheerajSShetty
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Need to defer closing the the ReadCloser in ObjectStoreGRPCServer.GetObject
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/object_store.go b/pkg/plugin/object_store.go
index 3d9214cb6..5c00c4ada 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/object_store.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/object_store.go
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ func (s *ObjectStoreGRPCServer) GetObject(req *proto.GetObjectRequest, stream pr
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	defer rdr.Close()
 
 	chunk := make([]byte, byteChunkSize)
 	for {