diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/capitst.c b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/capitst.c
index bdac5352a18..d0586c4a48a 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/capitst.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/capitst.c
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ void TestCloneBinary(){
         return;
     }
 
-    /* hwo to check binary result ? */
+    /* how to check binary result ? */
 
     c = ucol_openBinary(buffer, size, col, &err);
     if(U_FAILURE(err)) {
@@ -807,7 +807,8 @@ void TestCloneBinary(){
         free(k2);
     }
     free(buffer);
-    return;
+    ucol_close(c);
+    ucol_close(col);
 }
 /*
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2070,4 +2071,4 @@ TestOpenBinary(void)
 
 }
 
-#endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_COLLATION */
+#endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_COLLATION */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cbiapts.c b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cbiapts.c
index e1ff0b35ed4..45e2389607b 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cbiapts.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cbiapts.c
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ static void TestBreakIteratorUText(void) {
     pos = ubrk_next(bi);
     TEST_ASSERT(pos == UBRK_DONE);
     ubrk_close(bi);
-    utext_close(bi);
+    utext_close(ut);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/utexttst.c b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/utexttst.c
index 27d36430cee..3d8f426e452 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/utexttst.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/utexttst.c
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ static void TestAPI(void) {
                    &status);
         TEST_ASSERT(status == U_NO_WRITE_PERMISSION);
 
+        utext_close(uta);
     }