diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/ChannelN.java b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/ChannelN.java
index 8dc19f4ad6..428224a4bc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/ChannelN.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/ChannelN.java
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ public void basicPublish(String exchange, String routingKey,
                 .build(), props, body);
         try {
             transmit(command);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (IOException | AlreadyClosedException e) {
             metricsCollector.basicPublishFailure(this, e);
             throw e;
         }
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ public Consumer transformReply(AMQCommand replyCommand) {
 
 
         rpc(m, k);
-        
+
         try {
             if(_rpcTimeout == NO_RPC_TIMEOUT) {
                 k.getReply(); // discard result