diff --git a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/ActiveMQServerImpl.java b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/ActiveMQServerImpl.java
index d40a50b7cff..9910091cd76 100644
--- a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/ActiveMQServerImpl.java
+++ b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/ActiveMQServerImpl.java
@@ -1071,6 +1071,11 @@ void stop(boolean failoverOnServerShutdown, final boolean criticalIOError, boole
          }
          state = SERVER_STATE.STOPPING;
 
+         if (criticalIOError) {
+            // notifications trigger disk IO so we don't want to send any on a critical IO error
+            managementService.enableNotifications(false);
+         }
+
          if (fileStoreMonitor != null) {
             fileStoreMonitor.stop();
             fileStoreMonitor = null;