SERVER-8249 Maintain references to permanent connections created in connections_opened.js

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/jstests/connections_opened.js b/jstests/connections_opened.js
index 6a4a756a40b..6edf3eaeedf 100644
--- a/jstests/connections_opened.js
+++ b/jstests/connections_opened.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var testDB = 'connectionsOpenedTest';
 var signalCollection = 'keepRunning';
 
 function createPersistentConnection() {
-    new Mongo(db.getMongo().host);
+    return new Mongo(db.getMongo().host);
 }
 
 function createTemporaryConnection() {
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ assert.gt(originalConnInfo.current, 0);
 assert.gt(originalConnInfo.totalCreated, 0);
 
 jsTestLog("Creating persistent connections");
+var permConns = [];
 for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
-    createPersistentConnection();
+    permConns.push(createPersistentConnection());
 }
 
 jsTestLog("Testing that persistent connections increased the current and totalCreated counters");