diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/remoting3/remote/HttpUpgradeConnectionProvider.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/remoting3/remote/HttpUpgradeConnectionProvider.java
index eff73da1..e0000fcf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/remoting3/remote/HttpUpgradeConnectionProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/remoting3/remote/HttpUpgradeConnectionProvider.java
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ public void accept(final StreamConnection channel) {
             final RemoteConnection connection = new RemoteConnection(channel, sslChannel, optionMap, HttpUpgradeConnectionProvider.this);
             final ServerConnectionOpenListener openListener = new ServerConnectionOpenListener(connection, getConnectionProviderContext(), saslAuthenticationFactory, optionMap);
             channel.getSinkChannel().setWriteListener(connection.getWriteListener());
+            channel.getSinkChannel().setCloseListener(c -> connection.getWriteListener().shutdownWrites());
             conn.tracef("Accepted connection from %s to %s", channel.getPeerAddress(), channel.getLocalAddress());
             openListener.handleEvent(channel.getSourceChannel());
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/remoting3/remote/RemoteConnection.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/remoting3/remote/RemoteConnection.java
index 5100231b..25df7318 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/remoting3/remote/RemoteConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/remoting3/remote/RemoteConnection.java
@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ final class RemoteWriteListener implements ChannelListener<ConduitStreamSinkChan
         public void handleEvent(final ConduitStreamSinkChannel channel) {
             final ByteBuffer[] cachedArray = this.cachedArray;
             synchronized (queue) {
+                if (closed && !channel.isOpen()) {
+                    Messages.conn.trace("Skipping write event because write listener is in closed state and channel is not open");
+                    return;
+                }
                 Pooled<ByteBuffer> pooled;
                 final Queue<Pooled<ByteBuffer>> queue = this.queue;
                 try {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/remoting3/remote/RemoteConnectionProvider.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/remoting3/remote/RemoteConnectionProvider.java
index 4ef7925c..1bd491ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/remoting3/remote/RemoteConnectionProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/remoting3/remote/RemoteConnectionProvider.java
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ public Cancellable cancel() {
                 if (connection.isOpen()) {
                     remoteConnection.setResult(cancellableResult);
                     connection.getSinkChannel().setWriteListener(remoteConnection.getWriteListener());
+                    connection.getSinkChannel().setCloseListener(channel -> remoteConnection.getWriteListener().shutdownWrites());
                     final ClientConnectionOpenListener openListener = new ClientConnectionOpenListener(destination, remoteConnection, connectionProviderContext, authenticationConfiguration, saslClientFactoryOperator, serverMechs, connectOptions);
                     openListener.handleEvent(connection.getSourceChannel());
                 }
@@ -414,6 +415,7 @@ private void handleAccepted(final StreamConnection accepted, final SslChannel ss
             final RemoteConnection connection = new RemoteConnection(accepted, sslChannel, serverOptionMap, RemoteConnectionProvider.this);
             final ServerConnectionOpenListener openListener = new ServerConnectionOpenListener(connection, connectionProviderContext, saslAuthenticationFactory, serverOptionMap);
             accepted.getSinkChannel().setWriteListener(connection.getWriteListener());
+            accepted.getSinkChannel().setCloseListener(channel -> connection.getWriteListener().shutdownWrites());
             log.tracef("Accepted connection from %s to %s", connection.getPeerAddress(), connection.getLocalAddress());
             openListener.handleEvent(accepted.getSourceChannel());
         }