diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/server/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/server/core/ResteasyReactiveRequestContext.java b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/server/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/server/core/ResteasyReactiveRequestContext.java
index 657599ca1a957..4d288748ef627 100644
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/server/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/server/core/ResteasyReactiveRequestContext.java
+++ b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/server/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/server/core/ResteasyReactiveRequestContext.java
@@ -640,7 +640,9 @@ protected void handleUnrecoverableError(Throwable throwable) {
 
     protected void endResponse() {
         if (serverResponse().headWritten()) {
-            serverRequest().closeConnection();
+            if (!serverResponse().closed()) {
+                serverRequest().closeConnection();
+            }
         } else {
             serverResponse().setStatusCode(500).end();
         }
diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/server/vertx/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/server/vertx/VertxResteasyReactiveRequestContext.java b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/server/vertx/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/server/vertx/VertxResteasyReactiveRequestContext.java
index 0e02e22bb1b00..d6a097ed92312 100644
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/server/vertx/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/server/vertx/VertxResteasyReactiveRequestContext.java
+++ b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/server/vertx/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/server/vertx/VertxResteasyReactiveRequestContext.java
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ public void removeResponseHeader(String name) {
 
     @Override
     public boolean closed() {
-        return response.closed();
+        return response.ended() || response.closed();
     }
 
     @Override