diff --git a/driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/driver/internal/async/inbound/ChannelErrorHandler.java b/driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/driver/internal/async/inbound/ChannelErrorHandler.java
index 99d0d4e306..dbc08d2cfd 100644
--- a/driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/driver/internal/async/inbound/ChannelErrorHandler.java
+++ b/driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/driver/internal/async/inbound/ChannelErrorHandler.java
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ public void channelInactive(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) {
             // it is most likely inactive because actual network connection broke or was explicitly closed by the driver
 
             messageDispatcher.handleChannelInactive(error);
-            ctx.channel().close();
         } else {
             fail(error);
         }
diff --git a/driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/driver/internal/async/inbound/InboundMessageDispatcher.java b/driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/driver/internal/async/inbound/InboundMessageDispatcher.java
index 8f5e71470a..ba84b7853e 100644
--- a/driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/driver/internal/async/inbound/InboundMessageDispatcher.java
+++ b/driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/driver/internal/async/inbound/InboundMessageDispatcher.java
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ public void handleChannelInactive(Throwable cause) {
         if (!gracefullyClosed) {
             handleChannelError(cause);
         } else {
+            while (!handlers.isEmpty()) {
+                ResponseHandler handler = removeHandler();
+                handler.onFailure(cause);
+            }
             channel.close();
         }
     }
diff --git a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/integration/DriverCloseIT.java b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/integration/DriverCloseIT.java
index 93c27f75d8..cea0df1870 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/integration/DriverCloseIT.java
+++ b/driver/src/test/java/org/neo4j/driver/integration/DriverCloseIT.java
@@ -18,15 +18,22 @@
  */
 package org.neo4j.driver.integration;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.neo4j.driver.SessionConfig.builder;
 
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 import org.neo4j.driver.AccessMode;
+import org.neo4j.driver.Config;
 import org.neo4j.driver.Driver;
 import org.neo4j.driver.GraphDatabase;
+import org.neo4j.driver.Result;
 import org.neo4j.driver.Session;
+import org.neo4j.driver.internal.spi.ConnectionPool;
 import org.neo4j.driver.util.DatabaseExtension;
 import org.neo4j.driver.util.ParallelizableIT;
 
@@ -84,6 +91,25 @@ void useSessionAfterDriverIsClosed() {
         assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> session.run("CREATE ()"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void shouldInterruptStreamConsumptionAndEndRetriesOnDriverClosure() {
+        int fetchSize = 5;
+        Config config = Config.builder().withFetchSize(fetchSize).build();
+        Driver driver = GraphDatabase.driver(neo4j.uri(), neo4j.authToken(), config);
+        Session session = driver.session();
+
+        IllegalStateException exception = assertThrows(
+                IllegalStateException.class,
+                () -> session.readTransaction(tx -> {
+                    Map<String, Object> parameters = new HashMap<>();
+                    parameters.put("limit", fetchSize * 3);
+                    Result result = tx.run("UNWIND range(0, $limit) AS x RETURN x", parameters);
+                    CompletableFuture.runAsync(driver::close);
+                    return result.list();
+                }));
+        assertEquals(ConnectionPool.CONNECTION_POOL_CLOSED_ERROR_MESSAGE, exception.getMessage());
+    }
+
     private static Driver createDriver() {
         return GraphDatabase.driver(neo4j.uri(), neo4j.authToken());
     }