diff --git a/modules/dcache-nfs/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/nfsv41/door/proxy/DcapProxyIoFactory.java b/modules/dcache-nfs/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/nfsv41/door/proxy/DcapProxyIoFactory.java
index 2d5355142d2..658817e3e53 100644
--- a/modules/dcache-nfs/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/nfsv41/door/proxy/DcapProxyIoFactory.java
+++ b/modules/dcache-nfs/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/nfsv41/door/proxy/DcapProxyIoFactory.java
@@ -194,6 +194,13 @@ public void notifyDisposed(NFS4State state) {
         }
     }
 
+    void shutdownAdapter(stateid4 stateid) {
+        ProxyIoAdapter adapter = _proxyIO.getIfPresent(stateid);
+        if (adapter != null) {
+            _proxyIO.invalidate(stateid);
+            tryToClose(adapter);
+        }
+    }
     @Override
     public void getInfo(PrintWriter pw) {
 	pw.println("  Known proxy adapters (proxy-io):");
diff --git a/modules/dcache-nfs/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/nfsv41/door/proxy/ProxyIoREAD.java b/modules/dcache-nfs/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/nfsv41/door/proxy/ProxyIoREAD.java
index 913d9ec0765..25d258fd655 100644
--- a/modules/dcache-nfs/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/nfsv41/door/proxy/ProxyIoREAD.java
+++ b/modules/dcache-nfs/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/nfsv41/door/proxy/ProxyIoREAD.java
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ public void process(CompoundContext context, nfs_resop4 result) {
             _log.debug(he.getMessage());
         }catch(IOException ioe) {
             _log.error("DSREAD: ", ioe);
+            proxyIoFactory.shutdownAdapter(_args.opread.stateid);
             res.status = nfsstat.NFSERR_IO;
         }catch(Exception e) {
             _log.error("DSREAD: ", e);
diff --git a/modules/dcache-nfs/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/nfsv41/door/proxy/ProxyIoWRITE.java b/modules/dcache-nfs/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/nfsv41/door/proxy/ProxyIoWRITE.java
index cf6622d39a0..e09c5d31d1b 100644
--- a/modules/dcache-nfs/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/nfsv41/door/proxy/ProxyIoWRITE.java
+++ b/modules/dcache-nfs/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/nfsv41/door/proxy/ProxyIoWRITE.java
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ public void process(CompoundContext context, nfs_resop4 result) {
             _log.debug(he.getMessage());
         }catch(IOException ioe) {
             _log.error("DSWRITE: {}", ioe.getMessage());
+            proxyIoFactory.shutdownAdapter(_args.opwrite.stateid);
             res.status = nfsstat.NFSERR_IO;
         }catch(Exception e) {
             _log.error("DSWRITE: ", e);