diff --git a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/core/DefaultKafkaProducerFactory.java b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/core/DefaultKafkaProducerFactory.java
index 15139d22c0..da9039166e 100644
--- a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/core/DefaultKafkaProducerFactory.java
+++ b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/core/DefaultKafkaProducerFactory.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2016-2023 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.
@@ -740,6 +740,10 @@ private Producer<K, V> doCreateProducer(@Nullable String txIdPrefix) {
 			return getOrCreateThreadBoundProducer();
 		}
 		synchronized (this) {
+			if (this.producer != null && this.producer.closed) {
+				this.producer.closeDelegate(this.physicalCloseTimeout, this.listeners);
+				this.producer = null;
+			}
 			if (this.producer != null && expire(this.producer)) {
 				this.producer = null;
 			}
@@ -781,15 +785,13 @@ protected Producer<K, V> createKafkaProducer() {
 	 * Remove the single shared producer and a thread-bound instance if present.
 	 * @param producerToRemove the producer.
 	 * @param timeout the close timeout.
-	 * @return always true.
+	 * @return true if the producer was closed.
 	 * @since 2.2.13
 	 */
-	protected final synchronized boolean removeProducer(CloseSafeProducer<K, V> producerToRemove, Duration timeout) {
+	protected final boolean removeProducer(CloseSafeProducer<K, V> producerToRemove, Duration timeout) {
 		if (producerToRemove.closed) {
-			if (producerToRemove.equals(this.producer)) {
-				this.producer = null;
-				producerToRemove.closeDelegate(timeout, this.listeners);
-			}
+			CloseSafeProducer<K, V> tlProd = this.threadBoundProducers.get();
+			tlProd.closeDelegate(timeout, this.listeners);
 			this.threadBoundProducers.remove();
 			return true;
 		}
@@ -1139,7 +1141,12 @@ public void close(@Nullable Duration timeout) {
 		}
 
 		void closeDelegate(Duration timeout, List<Listener<K, V>> listeners) {
-			this.delegate.close(timeout == null ? this.closeTimeout : timeout);
+			try {
+				this.delegate.close(timeout == null ? this.closeTimeout : timeout);
+			}
+			catch (Exception ex) {
+				LOGGER.warn(ex, () -> "Failed to close " + this.delegate);
+			}
 			listeners.forEach(listener -> listener.producerRemoved(this.clientId, this));
 			this.closed = true;
 		}
diff --git a/spring-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/kafka/core/DefaultKafkaProducerFactoryTests.java b/spring-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/kafka/core/DefaultKafkaProducerFactoryTests.java
index a118480f12..1d479b6778 100644
--- a/spring-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/kafka/core/DefaultKafkaProducerFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/kafka/core/DefaultKafkaProducerFactoryTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2018-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2018-2023 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.
@@ -305,11 +305,12 @@ protected Producer createKafkaProducer() {
 		};
 		final Producer aProducer = pf.createProducer();
 		assertThat(aProducer).isNotNull();
+		Producer bProducer = pf.createProducer();
+		assertThat(bProducer).isSameAs(aProducer);
 		aProducer.send(null, (meta, ex) -> { });
 		aProducer.close(ProducerFactoryUtils.DEFAULT_CLOSE_TIMEOUT);
-		assertThat(KafkaTestUtils.getPropertyValue(pf, "producer")).isNull();
+		bProducer = pf.createProducer();
 		verify(producer1).close(any(Duration.class));
-		Producer bProducer = pf.createProducer();
 		assertThat(bProducer).isNotSameAs(aProducer);
 	}