diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index b67330519cb3..616e8c85116a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-rc1...master[Check the HEAD diff
 *Filebeat*
 
 - Don't apply multiline rules in Logstash json logs. {pull}11346[11346]
+- Fix goroutine leak happening when harvesters are dynamically stopped. {pull}11263[11263]
 - Fix panic in add_kubernetes_metadata processor when key `log` does not exist. {issue}11543[11543] {pull}11549[11549]
 
 *Heartbeat*
diff --git a/filebeat/channel/interface.go b/filebeat/channel/interface.go
index 82e5a82af37b..877b818870a8 100644
--- a/filebeat/channel/interface.go
+++ b/filebeat/channel/interface.go
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ type Connector func(*common.Config, *common.MapStrPointer) (Outleter, error)
 // Outleter is the outlet for an input
 type Outleter interface {
 	Close() error
+	Done() <-chan struct{}
 	OnEvent(data *util.Data) bool
 }
diff --git a/filebeat/channel/outlet.go b/filebeat/channel/outlet.go
index d130cf9ceeb9..c0fe2b0c9e3a 100644
--- a/filebeat/channel/outlet.go
+++ b/filebeat/channel/outlet.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type outlet struct {
 	wg     eventCounter
 	client beat.Client
 	isOpen atomic.Bool
+	done   chan struct{}
 }
 
 func newOutlet(client beat.Client, wg eventCounter) *outlet {
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ func newOutlet(client beat.Client, wg eventCounter) *outlet {
 		wg:     wg,
 		client: client,
 		isOpen: atomic.MakeBool(true),
+		done:   make(chan struct{}),
 	}
 	return o
 }
@@ -41,11 +43,16 @@ func newOutlet(client beat.Client, wg eventCounter) *outlet {
 func (o *outlet) Close() error {
 	isOpen := o.isOpen.Swap(false)
 	if isOpen {
+		close(o.done)
 		return o.client.Close()
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (o *outlet) Done() <-chan struct{} {
+	return o.done
+}
+
 func (o *outlet) OnEvent(d *util.Data) bool {
 	if !o.isOpen.Load() {
 		return false
diff --git a/filebeat/channel/util.go b/filebeat/channel/util.go
index 134765c4cd8b..aec2132fa20a 100644
--- a/filebeat/channel/util.go
+++ b/filebeat/channel/util.go
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ func (o *subOutlet) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (o *subOutlet) Done() <-chan struct{} {
+	return o.done
+}
+
 func (o *subOutlet) OnEvent(d *util.Data) bool {
 
 	o.mutex.Lock()
@@ -114,8 +118,12 @@ func (o *subOutlet) OnEvent(d *util.Data) bool {
 func CloseOnSignal(outlet Outleter, sig <-chan struct{}) Outleter {
 	if sig != nil {
 		go func() {
-			<-sig
-			outlet.Close()
+			select {
+			case <-outlet.Done():
+				return
+			case <-sig:
+				outlet.Close()
+			}
 		}()
 	}
 	return outlet
diff --git a/filebeat/input/log/input_other_test.go b/filebeat/input/log/input_other_test.go
index 3a36cb6040d6..bdaba0c7d2ab 100644
--- a/filebeat/input/log/input_other_test.go
+++ b/filebeat/input/log/input_other_test.go
@@ -169,3 +169,4 @@ type TestOutlet struct{}
 
 func (o TestOutlet) OnEvent(event *util.Data) bool { return true }
 func (o TestOutlet) Close() error                  { return nil }
+func (o TestOutlet) Done() <-chan struct{}         { return nil }