diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/ccapitst.c b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/ccapitst.c
index 9fcabf2bbeb..6dd8b2c791b 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/ccapitst.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/ccapitst.c
@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ void TestConvert()
     someConverters[0] = ucnv_open(NULL,&err);
     someConverters[1] = ucnv_open(NULL,&err);
     someConverters[2] = ucnv_open("utf8", &err);
-    someConverters[3] = ucnv_openCCSID(1051,UCNV_IBM,&err); /* was 949 before testing j350 */
+    someConverters[3] = ucnv_openCCSID(949,UCNV_IBM,&err);
+    ucnv_close(ucnv_openCCSID(1051, UCNV_IBM, &err)); /* test for j350; ucnv_close(NULL) is safe */
     if (U_FAILURE(err)){ log_err("FAILURE! %s\n", myErrorName(err));}
     
     /* Testing ucnv_getName()*/