diff --git a/source/darwin/secure_transport_tls_channel_handler.c b/source/darwin/secure_transport_tls_channel_handler.c
index f9e6b7d9d..b15aa3aad 100644
--- a/source/darwin/secure_transport_tls_channel_handler.c
+++ b/source/darwin/secure_transport_tls_channel_handler.c
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static int s_handle_shutdown(
     struct secure_transport_handler *secure_transport_handler = handler->impl;
 
     if (dir == AWS_CHANNEL_DIR_WRITE) {
-        if (!error_code) {
+        if (!abort_immediately && error_code != AWS_IO_SOCKET_CLOSED) {
             AWS_LOGF_TRACE(AWS_LS_IO_TLS, "id=%p: shutting down write direction.", (void *)handler);
             SSLClose(secure_transport_handler->ctx);
         }
diff --git a/source/s2n/s2n_tls_channel_handler.c b/source/s2n/s2n_tls_channel_handler.c
index 043f6d620..c5f7c72b1 100644
--- a/source/s2n/s2n_tls_channel_handler.c
+++ b/source/s2n/s2n_tls_channel_handler.c
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static int s_s2n_handler_shutdown(
     struct s2n_handler *s2n_handler = (struct s2n_handler *)handler->impl;
 
     if (dir == AWS_CHANNEL_DIR_WRITE) {
-        if (!error_code) {
+        if (!abort_immediately && error_code != AWS_IO_SOCKET_CLOSED) {
             AWS_LOGF_DEBUG(AWS_LS_IO_TLS, "id=%p: Shutting down write direction", (void *)handler)
             s2n_blocked_status blocked;
             /* make a best effort, but the channel is going away after this run, so.... you only get one shot anyways */
diff --git a/source/windows/secure_channel_tls_handler.c b/source/windows/secure_channel_tls_handler.c
index dad401b67..120594c73 100644
--- a/source/windows/secure_channel_tls_handler.c
+++ b/source/windows/secure_channel_tls_handler.c
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ static int s_handler_shutdown(
     struct secure_channel_handler *sc_handler = handler->impl;
 
     if (dir == AWS_CHANNEL_DIR_WRITE) {
-        if (!error_code) {
+        if (!abort_immediately && error_code != AWS_IO_SOCKET_CLOSED) {
             AWS_LOGF_DEBUG(AWS_LS_IO_TLS, "id=%p: Shutting down the write direction", (void *)handler)
 
             /* send a TLS alert. */
@@ -1413,7 +1413,8 @@ static int s_handler_shutdown(
 
             if (status != SEC_E_OK) {
                 aws_raise_error(AWS_IO_SYS_CALL_FAILURE);
-                return aws_channel_slot_on_handler_shutdown_complete(slot, dir, AWS_IO_SYS_CALL_FAILURE, true);
+                return aws_channel_slot_on_handler_shutdown_complete(
+                    slot, dir, AWS_IO_SYS_CALL_FAILURE, abort_immediately);
             }
 
             SecBuffer output_buffer = {