diff --git a/kotlinx-coroutines-core/common/src/channels/Broadcast.kt b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/common/src/channels/Broadcast.kt
index e487a53431..de65f3adeb 100644
--- a/kotlinx-coroutines-core/common/src/channels/Broadcast.kt
+++ b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/common/src/channels/Broadcast.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+ * Copyright 2016-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
  */
 
 package kotlinx.coroutines.channels
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import kotlin.coroutines.intrinsics.*
 
 /**
  * Broadcasts all elements of the channel.
+ * This function [consumes][ReceiveChannel.consume] all elements of the original [ReceiveChannel].
  *
  * The kind of the resulting channel depends on the specified [capacity] parameter:
  * when `capacity` is positive (1 by default), but less than [UNLIMITED] -- uses `ArrayBroadcastChannel` with a buffer of given capacity,
@@ -28,7 +29,12 @@ fun <E> ReceiveChannel<E>.broadcast(
 ): BroadcastChannel<E> =
     GlobalScope.broadcast(Dispatchers.Unconfined, capacity = capacity, start = start, onCompletion = consumes()) {
         for (e in this@broadcast) {
-            send(e)
+            try {
+                send(e)
+            } catch (e: ClosedSendChannelException) {
+                // the resulting BroadcastChannel was closed -> just break the sending loop
+                break
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -119,6 +125,13 @@ private open class BroadcastCoroutine<E>(
         val processed = _channel.close(cause)
         if (!processed && !handled) handleCoroutineException(context, cause)
     }
+
+    // The BroadcastChannel could be also closed
+    override fun close(cause: Throwable?): Boolean {
+        val result = _channel.close(cause)
+        cancelCoroutine(cause)
+        return result
+    }
 }
 
 private class LazyBroadcastCoroutine<E>(
diff --git a/kotlinx-coroutines-core/common/test/channels/BroadcastTest.kt b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/common/test/channels/BroadcastTest.kt
index 878437bbae..f631d6e5fd 100644
--- a/kotlinx-coroutines-core/common/test/channels/BroadcastTest.kt
+++ b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/common/test/channels/BroadcastTest.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+ * Copyright 2016-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
  */
 
 package kotlinx.coroutines.channels
 
 import kotlinx.coroutines.*
-import kotlin.coroutines.*
 import kotlin.test.*
 
 class BroadcastTest : TestBase() {
@@ -34,4 +33,47 @@ class BroadcastTest : TestBase() {
         yield() // to broadcast
         finish(11)
     }
+
+    /**
+     * See https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/issues/1713
+     */
+    @Test
+    fun testChannelBroadcastLazyClose() = runTest {
+        expect(1)
+        val a = produce {
+            expect(3)
+            try {
+                send("MSG")
+            } finally {
+                expect(5)
+            }
+            expectUnreached()
+        }
+        expect(2)
+        yield() // to produce
+        val b = a.broadcast()
+        b.close()
+        expect(4)
+        yield() // to abort produce
+        assertTrue(a.isClosedForReceive) // the source channel was consumed
+        finish(6)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testChannelBroadcastEagerClose() = runTest {
+        expect(1)
+        val a = produce<Unit> {
+            expect(3)
+            yield() // back to main
+            expectUnreached() // will be cancelled
+        }
+        expect(2)
+        val b = a.broadcast(start = CoroutineStart.DEFAULT)
+        yield() // to produce
+        expect(4)
+        b.close()
+        yield() // to produce (cancelled)
+        assertTrue(a.isClosedForReceive) // the source channel was consumed
+        finish(5)
+    }
 }
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