diff --git a/src/waitress/channel.py b/src/waitress/channel.py
index 948b4986..eb59dd3f 100644
--- a/src/waitress/channel.py
+++ b/src/waitress/channel.py
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ def handle_write(self):
         if self.will_close:
             self.handle_close()
 
-    def _flush_exception(self, flush):
+    def _flush_exception(self, flush, do_close=True):
         if flush:
             try:
-                return (flush(), False)
+                return (flush(do_close=do_close), False)
             except OSError:
                 if self.adj.log_socket_errors:
                     self.logger.exception("Socket error")
@@ -240,20 +240,20 @@ def received(self, data):
 
         return True
 
-    def _flush_some_if_lockable(self):
+    def _flush_some_if_lockable(self, do_close=True):
         # Since our task may be appending to the outbuf, we try to acquire
         # the lock, but we don't block if we can't.
 
         if self.outbuf_lock.acquire(False):
             try:
-                self._flush_some()
+                self._flush_some(do_close=do_close)
 
                 if self.total_outbufs_len < self.adj.outbuf_high_watermark:
                     self.outbuf_lock.notify()
             finally:
                 self.outbuf_lock.release()
 
-    def _flush_some(self):
+    def _flush_some(self, do_close=True):
         # Send as much data as possible to our client
 
         sent = 0
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def _flush_some(self):
 
             while outbuflen > 0:
                 chunk = outbuf.get(self.sendbuf_len)
-                num_sent = self.send(chunk)
+                num_sent = self.send(chunk, do_close=do_close)
 
                 if num_sent:
                     outbuf.skip(num_sent, True)
@@ -374,7 +374,9 @@ def write_soon(self, data):
                 self.total_outbufs_len += num_bytes
 
                 if self.total_outbufs_len >= self.adj.send_bytes:
-                    (flushed, exception) = self._flush_exception(self._flush_some)
+                    (flushed, exception) = self._flush_exception(
+                        self._flush_some, do_close=False
+                    )
 
                     if (
                         exception
@@ -392,7 +394,7 @@ def _flush_outbufs_below_high_watermark(self):
 
         if self.total_outbufs_len > self.adj.outbuf_high_watermark:
             with self.outbuf_lock:
-                (_, exception) = self._flush_exception(self._flush_some)
+                (_, exception) = self._flush_exception(self._flush_some, do_close=False)
 
                 if exception:
                     # An exception happened while flushing, wake up the main
diff --git a/src/waitress/wasyncore.py b/src/waitress/wasyncore.py
index 9a68c517..c260f56f 100644
--- a/src/waitress/wasyncore.py
+++ b/src/waitress/wasyncore.py
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ def accept(self):
         else:
             return conn, addr
 
-    def send(self, data):
+    def send(self, data, do_close=True):
         try:
             result = self.socket.send(data)
             return result
@@ -434,7 +434,8 @@ def send(self, data):
             if why.args[0] == EWOULDBLOCK:
                 return 0
             elif why.args[0] in _DISCONNECTED:
-                self.handle_close()
+                if do_close:
+                    self.handle_close()
                 return 0
             else:
                 raise
diff --git a/tests/test_channel.py b/tests/test_channel.py
index b1c317d4..8467ae7a 100644
--- a/tests/test_channel.py
+++ b/tests/test_channel.py
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ def test_handle_write_no_notify_after_flush(self):
         inst.total_outbufs_len = len(inst.outbufs[0])
         inst.adj.send_bytes = 1
         inst.adj.outbuf_high_watermark = 2
-        sock.send = lambda x: False
+        sock.send = lambda x, do_close=True: False
         inst.will_close = False
         inst.last_activity = 0
         result = inst.handle_write()
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ def get(self, numbytes):
 
         buf = DummyHugeOutbuffer()
         inst.outbufs = [buf]
-        inst.send = lambda *arg: 0
+        inst.send = lambda *arg, do_close: 0
         result = inst._flush_some()
         # we are testing that _flush_some doesn't raise an OverflowError
         # when one of its outbufs has a __len__ that returns gt sys.maxint