diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/ucol.cpp b/icu4c/source/i18n/ucol.cpp
index 24f204ae54a..67db5b98f03 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/ucol.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/ucol.cpp
@@ -257,9 +257,8 @@ ucol_open(    const    char         *loc,
 
   UCollator *result = NULL;
   UResourceBundle *b = ures_open(NULL, loc, status);
-  /* first take on tailoring version: */
-  /* get CollationElements -> Version */
-  UResourceBundle *binary = ures_getByKey(b, "%%CollationBin", NULL, status);
+  UResourceBundle *collElem = ures_getByKey(b, "CollationElements", NULL, status);
+  UResourceBundle *binary = ures_getByKey(collElem, "%%CollationBin", NULL, status);
 
   if(*status == U_MISSING_RESOURCE_ERROR) { /* if we don't find tailoring, we'll fallback to UCA */
     *status = U_USING_DEFAULT_ERROR;
@@ -298,6 +297,7 @@ ucol_open(    const    char         *loc,
   } else { /* There is another error, and we're just gonna clean up */
 clean:
     ures_close(b);
+    ures_close(collElem);
     ures_close(binary);
     return NULL;
   }
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ clean:
   }
   result->requestedLocale = (char *)uprv_malloc((uprv_strlen(loc)+1)*sizeof(char));
   uprv_strcpy(result->requestedLocale, loc);
+  ures_close(collElem);
   return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/creststn.c b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/creststn.c
index abc87d4fdc5..71cc93f0092 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/creststn.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/creststn.c
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ static void TestBinaryCollationData(){
     if(U_SUCCESS(status)){
         CONFIRM_ErrorCode(status, U_ZERO_ERROR);
         CONFIRM_INT_EQ(ures_getType(coll), RES_TABLE);
-        binColl=ures_getByKey(teRes, "%%CollationBin", binColl, &status);  
+        binColl=ures_getByKey(coll, "%%CollationBin", binColl, &status);  
         if(U_SUCCESS(status)){
             CONFIRM_ErrorCode(status, U_ZERO_ERROR);
             CONFIRM_INT_EQ(ures_getType(binColl), RES_BINARY);
@@ -711,7 +711,8 @@ static void TestAPI() {
         log_err("ERROR: ures_getNextResource() failed \n");
     }
     key=ures_getKey(teFillin);
-    if(strcmp(key, "%%CollationBin") != 0){
+    /*if(strcmp(key, "%%CollationBin") != 0){*/
+    if(strcmp(key, "CollationElements") != 0){
         log_err("ERROR: ures_getNextResource() failed\n");
     }
 
@@ -910,7 +911,7 @@ static void TestErrorConditions(){
     /*Test ures_getBinary(0 status != U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR*/
     status=U_ZERO_ERROR;
     coll = ures_getByKey(teRes, "CollationElements", coll, &status);
-    binColl=ures_getByKey(teRes, "%%CollationBin", binColl, &status);
+    binColl=ures_getByKey(coll, "%%CollationBin", binColl, &status);
 
     status=U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR;
     binResult=(uint8_t*)ures_getBinary(binColl,  &len, &status);