diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpOutput.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpOutput.java
index 74d716ce5d0d..469b0ffa7cb6 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpOutput.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpOutput.java
@@ -323,7 +323,6 @@ public void close()
             {
                 case CLOSING:
                 case CLOSED:
-                case ERROR:
                 {
                     _closeCallback = null;
                     closeCallback.succeeded();