diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/prototypes/raster.py b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/prototypes/raster.py
index 8641b86b44..b4519a853d 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/prototypes/raster.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/prototypes/raster.py
@@ -30,10 +30,7 @@ get_driver_description = const_string_output(std_call('GDALGetDescription'), [c_
 # Raster Data Source Routines
 create_ds = voidptr_output(std_call('GDALCreate'), [c_void_p, c_char_p, c_int, c_int, c_int, c_int, c_void_p])
 open_ds = voidptr_output(std_call('GDALOpen'), [c_char_p, c_int])
-if GDAL_VERSION >= (2, 0):
-    close_ds = voidptr_output(std_call('GDALClose'), [c_void_p])
-else:
-    close_ds = void_output(std_call('GDALClose'), [c_void_p])
+close_ds = void_output(std_call('GDALClose'), [c_void_p], errcheck=False)
 flush_ds = int_output(std_call('GDALFlushCache'), [c_void_p])
 copy_ds = voidptr_output(
     std_call('GDALCreateCopy'),
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.10.6.txt b/docs/releases/1.10.6.txt
index 41a308bba8..6c88d1a714 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.10.6.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.10.6.txt
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ Bugfixes
 
 * Fixed query expression date subtraction accuracy on PostgreSQL for
   differences large an a month (:ticket:`27856`).
+
+* Fixed a ``GDALException`` raised by ``GDALClose`` on GDAL >= 2.0
+  (:ticket:`27479`).