diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/network/nio/ConnectionManager.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/network/nio/ConnectionManager.scala
index 5a74c13b38bf7..1a68e621eaee7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/network/nio/ConnectionManager.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/network/nio/ConnectionManager.scala
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ private[nio] class ConnectionManager(
   private val writeRunnableStarted: HashSet[SelectionKey] = new HashSet[SelectionKey]()
   private val readRunnableStarted: HashSet[SelectionKey] = new HashSet[SelectionKey]()
 
+  @volatile private var isActive = true
   private val selectorThread = new Thread("connection-manager-thread") {
     override def run(): Unit = ConnectionManager.this.run()
   }
@@ -342,7 +343,7 @@ private[nio] class ConnectionManager(
 
   def run() {
     try {
-      while(!selectorThread.isInterrupted) {
+      while (isActive) {
         while (!registerRequests.isEmpty) {
           val conn: SendingConnection = registerRequests.dequeue()
           addListeners(conn)
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ private[nio] class ConnectionManager(
           } catch {
             // Explicitly only dealing with CancelledKeyException here since other exceptions
             // should be dealt with differently.
-            case e: CancelledKeyException => {
+            case e: CancelledKeyException =>
               // Some keys within the selectors list are invalid/closed. clear them.
               val allKeys = selector.keys().iterator()
 
@@ -420,8 +421,11 @@ private[nio] class ConnectionManager(
                   }
                 }
               }
-            }
-            0
+              0
+
+            case e: ClosedSelectorException =>
+              logDebug("Failed select() as selector is closed.", e)
+              return
           }
 
         if (selectedKeysCount == 0) {
@@ -988,11 +992,11 @@ private[nio] class ConnectionManager(
   }
 
   def stop() {
+    isActive = false
     ackTimeoutMonitor.stop()
-    selector.wakeup()
+    selector.close()
     selectorThread.interrupt()
     selectorThread.join()
-    selector.close()
     val connections = connectionsByKey.values
     connections.foreach(_.close())
     if (connectionsByKey.size != 0) {