diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy.java
index 05e4d36d0d0..97a2fdc9518 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ public class TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy extends DelegatingDataSource {
 					return true;
 				}
 			}
+			else if (method.getName().equals("getWarnings") || method.getName().equals("clearWarnings")) {
+				// Avoid creation of target Connection on pre-close cleanup (e.g. in Hibernate Session)
+				return null;
+			}
 			else if (method.getName().equals("close")) {
 				// Handle close method: only close if not within a transaction.
 				DataSourceUtils.doReleaseConnection(this.target, this.targetDataSource);