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 f651179862ab..5d37ae924a2b 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
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ public void close()
             {
                 case CLOSING:
                 case CLOSED:
+                case ERROR:
                 {
                     _closeCallback = null;
                     closeCallback.succeeded();