diff --git a/lib/permessage-deflate.js b/lib/permessage-deflate.js
index 74bf14a23..a8974b988 100644
--- a/lib/permessage-deflate.js
+++ b/lib/permessage-deflate.js
@@ -376,11 +376,16 @@ class PerMessageDeflate {
         this._inflate[kTotalLength]
       );
 
-      this._inflate[kTotalLength] = 0;
-      this._inflate[kBuffers] = [];
+      if (this._inflate._readableState.endEmitted) {
+        this._inflate.close();
+        this._inflate = null;
+      } else {
+        this._inflate[kTotalLength] = 0;
+        this._inflate[kBuffers] = [];
 
-      if (fin && this.params[`${endpoint}_no_context_takeover`]) {
-        this._inflate.reset();
+        if (fin && this.params[`${endpoint}_no_context_takeover`]) {
+          this._inflate.reset();
+        }
       }
 
       callback(null, data);
diff --git a/test/permessage-deflate.test.js b/test/permessage-deflate.test.js
index 09681d96f..a547762ca 100644
--- a/test/permessage-deflate.test.js
+++ b/test/permessage-deflate.test.js
@@ -631,5 +631,26 @@ describe('PerMessageDeflate', () => {
 
       process.nextTick(() => perMessageDeflate.cleanup());
     });
+
+    it('recreates the inflate stream if it ends', (done) => {
+      const perMessageDeflate = new PerMessageDeflate();
+      const extensions = extension.parse(
+        'permessage-deflate; client_no_context_takeover; ' +
+          'server_no_context_takeover'
+      );
+      const buf = Buffer.from('33343236313533b7000000', 'hex');
+      const expected = Buffer.from('12345678');
+
+      perMessageDeflate.accept(extensions['permessage-deflate']);
+
+      perMessageDeflate.decompress(buf, true, (err, data) => {
+        assert.ok(data.equals(expected));
+
+        perMessageDeflate.decompress(buf, true, (err, data) => {
+          assert.ok(data.equals(expected));
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+    });
   });
 });