1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/format/backup.c b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/format/backup.c
index b16835c7eec..ca87d27f098 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/format/backup.c
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/test/format/backup.c
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ check_copy(void)
     path = dmalloc(len);
     testutil_check(__wt_snprintf(path, len, "%s/BACKUP", g.home));
 
-    wts_open(path, false, &conn, true);
-
-    testutil_checkfmt(conn->open_session(conn, NULL, NULL, &session), "%s", path);
+    wts_open(path, &conn, &session, true);
 
     /*
      * Verify can return EBUSY if the handle isn't available. Don't yield and retry, in the case of
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ check_copy(void)
     ret = session->verify(session, g.uri, NULL);
     testutil_assertfmt(ret == 0 || ret == EBUSY, "WT_SESSION.verify: %s: %s", path, g.uri);
 
-    testutil_checkfmt(conn->close(conn, NULL), "%s", path);
+    wts_close(&conn, &session);
 
     free(path);
 }