diff --git a/Changelog.rst b/Changelog.rst
index fabbb1ba..ad8a5f6a 100644
--- a/Changelog.rst
+++ b/Changelog.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Fixes
 -----
 
 * ``HostOutput`` would have empty host on some exceptions when ``stop_on_errors`` is ``False`` - #297
+* Race condition when forcefully closing channel via ``SSHClient.close_channel`` while channel data was left unread.
 
 2.6.0
 +++++
diff --git a/pssh/clients/native/single.py b/pssh/clients/native/single.py
index 4603c618..8e62db57 100644
--- a/pssh/clients/native/single.py
+++ b/pssh/clients/native/single.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from warnings import warn
 
 from gevent import sleep, spawn, get_hub
+from gevent.lock import RLock
 from ssh2.error_codes import LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN
 from ssh2.exceptions import SFTPHandleError, SFTPProtocolError, \
     Timeout as SSH2Timeout
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ def __init__(self, host,
                 identity_auth=identity_auth,
             )
             proxy_host = '127.0.0.1'
+        self._chan_lock = RLock()
         super(SSHClient, self).__init__(
             host, user=user, password=password, port=port, pkey=pkey,
             num_retries=num_retries, retry_delay=retry_delay,
@@ -291,10 +293,12 @@ def execute(self, cmd, use_pty=False, channel=None):
     def _read_output_to_buffer(self, read_func, _buffer):
         try:
             while True:
-                size, data = read_func()
+                with self._chan_lock:
+                    size, data = read_func()
                 while size == LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN:
                     self.poll()
-                    size, data = read_func()
+                    with self._chan_lock:
+                        size, data = read_func()
                 if size <= 0:
                     break
                 _buffer.write(data)
@@ -325,8 +329,9 @@ def wait_finished(self, host_output, timeout=None):
         self.close_channel(channel)
 
     def close_channel(self, channel):
-        logger.debug("Closing channel")
-        self._eagain(channel.close)
+        with self._chan_lock:
+            logger.debug("Closing channel")
+            self._eagain(channel.close)
 
     def _eagain(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
         return self._eagain_errcode(func, LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN, *args, **kwargs)