diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/core/AbstractResteasyReactiveContext.java b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/core/AbstractResteasyReactiveContext.java
index e8d1f3976addf..1b08a3ec8c7f1 100644
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/core/AbstractResteasyReactiveContext.java
+++ b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/core/AbstractResteasyReactiveContext.java
@@ -143,9 +143,7 @@ public void run() {
                         synchronized (this) {
                             if (isRequestScopeManagementRequired()) {
                                 if (requestScopeActivated) {
-                                    if (position != handlers.length) {
-                                        disasociateRequestScope = true;
-                                    }
+                                    disasociateRequestScope = true;
                                     requestScopeActivated = false;
                                 }
                             } else {
@@ -176,6 +174,10 @@ public void run() {
             // we need to make sure we don't close the underlying stream in the event loop if the task
             // has been offloaded to the executor
             if ((position == handlers.length && !processingSuspended) || aborted) {
+                if (requestScopeActivated) {
+                    requestScopeDeactivated();
+                    currentRequestScope.deactivate();
+                }
                 close();
             } else {
                 if (disasociateRequestScope) {