diff --git a/lib/change_stream.js b/lib/change_stream.js
index 1d2bbe69ea..21f2428542 100644
--- a/lib/change_stream.js
+++ b/lib/change_stream.js
@@ -368,6 +368,20 @@ function processNewChange(args) {
   const change = args.change;
   const callback = args.callback;
   const eventEmitter = args.eventEmitter || false;
+
+  // If the changeStream is closed, then it should not process a change.
+  if (changeStream.isClosed()) {
+    // We do not error in the eventEmitter case.
+    if (eventEmitter) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const error = new MongoError('ChangeStream is closed');
+    return typeof callback === 'function'
+      ? callback(error, null)
+      : changeStream.promiseLibrary.reject(error);
+  }
+
   const topology = changeStream.topology;
   const options = changeStream.cursor.options;
 
diff --git a/test/functional/change_stream_tests.js b/test/functional/change_stream_tests.js
index b3dc38b952..114bc0a8b8 100644
--- a/test/functional/change_stream_tests.js
+++ b/test/functional/change_stream_tests.js
@@ -1677,4 +1677,109 @@ describe('Change Streams', function() {
         .then(() => finish(), err => finish(err));
     }
   });
+
+  describe('should properly handle a changeStream event being processed mid-close', function() {
+    let client, coll;
+
+    function write() {
+      return Promise.resolve()
+        .then(() => coll.insertOne({ a: 1 }))
+        .then(() => coll.insertOne({ b: 2 }))
+        .then(() => coll.insertOne({ c: 3 }));
+    }
+
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      client = this.configuration.newClient();
+      return client.connect().then(_client => {
+        client = _client;
+        coll = client.db(this.configuration.db).collection('tester');
+      });
+    });
+
+    afterEach(function() {
+      coll = undefined;
+      if (client) {
+        return client.close().then(() => {
+          client = undefined;
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('when invoked with promises', {
+      metadata: { requires: { topology: 'replicaset', mongodb: '>=3.5.10' } },
+      test: function() {
+        function read() {
+          const changeStream = coll.watch();
+          return Promise.resolve()
+            .then(() => changeStream.next())
+            .then(() => changeStream.next())
+            .then(() => {
+              const nextP = changeStream.next();
+
+              return changeStream.close().then(() => nextP);
+            });
+        }
+
+        return Promise.all([read(), write()]).then(
+          () => Promise.reject(new Error('Expected operation to fail with error')),
+          err => expect(err.message).to.equal('ChangeStream is closed')
+        );
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('when invoked with callbacks', {
+      metadata: { requires: { topology: 'replicaset', mongodb: '>=3.5.10' } },
+      test: function(done) {
+        const changeStream = coll.watch();
+
+        changeStream.next(() => {
+          changeStream.next(() => {
+            changeStream.next(err => {
+              let _err = null;
+              try {
+                expect(err.message).to.equal('ChangeStream is closed');
+              } catch (e) {
+                _err = e;
+              } finally {
+                done(_err);
+              }
+            });
+            changeStream.close();
+          });
+        });
+
+        write().catch(() => {});
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('when invoked using eventEmitter API', {
+      metadata: { requires: { topology: 'replicaset', mongodb: '>=3.5.10' } },
+      test: function(done) {
+        let closed = false;
+        const close = _err => {
+          if (closed) {
+            return;
+          }
+          closed = true;
+          return done(_err);
+        };
+
+        const changeStream = coll.watch();
+
+        let counter = 0;
+        changeStream.on('change', () => {
+          counter += 1;
+          if (counter === 2) {
+            changeStream.close();
+            setTimeout(() => close());
+          } else if (counter >= 3) {
+            close(new Error('Should not have received more than 2 events'));
+          }
+        });
+        changeStream.on('error', err => close(err));
+
+        setTimeout(() => write().catch(() => {}));
+      }
+    });
+  });
 });