diff --git a/packages/pg/lib/client.js b/packages/pg/lib/client.js
index 93807e48c..05efbdc5a 100644
--- a/packages/pg/lib/client.js
+++ b/packages/pg/lib/client.js
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ Client.prototype.query = function (config, values, callback) {
 Client.prototype.end = function (cb) {
   this._ending = true
 
-  if (this.activeQuery) {
+  if (this.activeQuery || !this._queryable) {
     // if we have an active query we need to force a disconnect
     // on the socket - otherwise a hung query could block end forever
     this.connection.stream.destroy()
diff --git a/packages/pg/test/integration/connection-pool/error-tests.js b/packages/pg/test/integration/connection-pool/error-tests.js
index 597c29b38..9fe760431 100644
--- a/packages/pg/test/integration/connection-pool/error-tests.js
+++ b/packages/pg/test/integration/connection-pool/error-tests.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 var helper = require('./test-helper')
 const pg = helper.pg
+const native = helper.args.native
 
 const suite = new helper.Suite()
 suite.test('connecting to invalid port', (cb) => {
@@ -99,3 +100,31 @@ suite.test('connection-level errors cause future queries to fail', (cb) => {
     }))
   }))
 })
+
+suite.test('handles socket error during pool.query and destroys it immediately', (cb) => {
+  const pool = new pg.Pool({ max: 1 })
+
+  if (native) {
+    pool.query('SELECT pg_sleep(10)', [], (err) => {
+      assert.equal(err.message, 'canceling statement due to user request')
+      cb()
+    })
+
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      pool._clients[0].native.cancel((err) => {
+        assert.ifError(err)
+      })
+    }, 100)
+  } else {
+    pool.query('SELECT pg_sleep(10)', [], (err) => {
+      assert.equal(err.message, 'network issue')
+      assert.equal(stream.destroyed, true)
+      cb()
+    })
+
+    const stream = pool._clients[0].connection.stream
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      stream.emit('error', new Error('network issue'))
+    }, 100)
+  }
+})