diff --git a/packages/transport-tcp/src/socket-to-conn.ts b/packages/transport-tcp/src/socket-to-conn.ts
index ca0908c675..2e4365697d 100644
--- a/packages/transport-tcp/src/socket-to-conn.ts
+++ b/packages/transport-tcp/src/socket-to-conn.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ interface ToConnectionOptions {
  * https://github.com/libp2p/interface-transport#multiaddrconnection
  */
 export const toMultiaddrConnection = (socket: Socket, options: ToConnectionOptions): MultiaddrConnection => {
+  let status: 'open' | 'closing' | 'closed' = 'open'
   const log = options.logger.forComponent('libp2p:tcp:socket')
   const metrics = options.metrics
   const metricPrefix = options.metricPrefix ?? ''
@@ -126,10 +127,11 @@ export const toMultiaddrConnection = (socket: Socket, options: ToConnectionOptio
     timeline: { open: Date.now() },
 
     async close (options: AbortOptions = {}) {
-      if (socket.destroyed) {
-        log('%s socket was already destroyed when trying to close', lOptsStr)
+      if (status === 'closed' || status === 'closing' || socket.destroyed) {
+        log('The %s socket is either closed, closing, or already destroyed', lOptsStr)
         return
       }
+      status = 'closing'
 
       if (options.signal == null) {
         const signal = AbortSignal.timeout(closeTimeout)
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ export const toMultiaddrConnection = (socket: Socket, options: ToConnectionOptio
             // socket completely closed
             log('%s socket closed', lOptsStr)
 
+            status = 'closed'
             resolve()
           })
           socket.once('error', (err: Error) => {
@@ -163,6 +166,7 @@ export const toMultiaddrConnection = (socket: Socket, options: ToConnectionOptio
               maConn.timeline.close = Date.now()
             }
 
+            status = 'closed'
             reject(err)
           })
 
@@ -195,7 +199,10 @@ export const toMultiaddrConnection = (socket: Socket, options: ToConnectionOptio
     abort: (err: Error) => {
       log('%s socket abort due to error', lOptsStr, err)
 
-      socket.destroy(err)
+      // the abortSignalListener may already destroyed the socket with an error
+      if (!socket.destroyed) {
+        socket.destroy(err)
+      }
 
       if (maConn.timeline.close == null) {
         maConn.timeline.close = Date.now()
diff --git a/packages/transport-tcp/test/socket-to-conn.spec.ts b/packages/transport-tcp/test/socket-to-conn.spec.ts
index bd9664d5d8..017d5d454a 100644
--- a/packages/transport-tcp/test/socket-to-conn.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/transport-tcp/test/socket-to-conn.spec.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os from 'os'
 import { defaultLogger } from '@libp2p/logger'
 import { expect } from 'aegir/chai'
 import defer from 'p-defer'
+import Sinon from 'sinon'
 import { toMultiaddrConnection } from '../src/socket-to-conn.js'
 
 async function setup (opts?: { server?: ServerOpts, client?: SocketConstructorOpts }): Promise<{ server: Server, serverSocket: Socket, clientSocket: Socket }> {
@@ -287,6 +288,66 @@ describe('socket-to-conn', () => {
     expect(serverSocket.destroyed).to.be.true()
   })
 
+  it('should not close MultiaddrConnection twice', async () => {
+    ({ server, clientSocket, serverSocket } = await setup())
+    // proxyServerSocket.writableLength returns 100 which cause socket cannot be destroyed immediately
+    const proxyServerSocket = new Proxy(serverSocket, {
+      get (target, prop, receiver) {
+        if (prop === 'writableLength') {
+          return 100
+        }
+        return Reflect.get(target, prop, receiver)
+      }
+    })
+
+    // spy on `.destroy()` invocations
+    const serverSocketDestroySpy = Sinon.spy(serverSocket, 'destroy')
+    // promise that is resolved when our outgoing socket is closed
+    const serverClosed = defer<boolean>()
+    const socketCloseTimeout = 10
+
+    const inboundMaConn = toMultiaddrConnection(proxyServerSocket, {
+      socketInactivityTimeout: 100,
+      socketCloseTimeout,
+      logger: defaultLogger()
+    })
+    expect(inboundMaConn.timeline.open).to.be.ok()
+    expect(inboundMaConn.timeline.close).to.not.be.ok()
+
+    clientSocket.once('error', () => {})
+
+    serverSocket.once('close', () => {
+      serverClosed.resolve(true)
+    })
+
+    // send some data between the client and server
+    clientSocket.write('hello')
+    serverSocket.write('goodbye')
+
+    const signal = AbortSignal.timeout(socketCloseTimeout)
+    const addEventListenerSpy = Sinon.spy(signal, 'addEventListener')
+
+    // the 2nd and 3rd call should return immediately
+    await Promise.all([
+      inboundMaConn.close({ signal }),
+      inboundMaConn.close({ signal }),
+      inboundMaConn.close({ signal })
+    ])
+
+    // server socket was closed for reading and writing
+    await expect(serverClosed.promise).to.eventually.be.true()
+
+    // the connection closing was recorded
+    expect(inboundMaConn.timeline.close).to.be.a('number')
+
+    // server socket is destroyed
+    expect(serverSocket.destroyed).to.be.true()
+
+    // the server socket was only closed once
+    expect(serverSocketDestroySpy.callCount).to.equal(1)
+    expect(addEventListenerSpy.callCount).to.equal(1)
+  })
+
   it('should destroy a socket by timeout when containing MultiaddrConnection is closed', async () => {
     ({ server, clientSocket, serverSocket } = await setup({
       server: {