diff --git a/iocore/net/P_SSLNetVConnection.h b/iocore/net/P_SSLNetVConnection.h
index 1691c0e5e7e..9e1f6ab0c56 100644
--- a/iocore/net/P_SSLNetVConnection.h
+++ b/iocore/net/P_SSLNetVConnection.h
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ class SSLNetVConnection : public UnixNetVConnection,
   int sslClientHandShakeEvent(int &err);
   void net_read_io(NetHandler *nh, EThread *lthread) override;
   int64_t load_buffer_and_write(int64_t towrite, MIOBufferAccessor &buf, int64_t &total_written, int &needs) override;
-  void do_io_close(int lerrno = -1) override;
 
   ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   // Instances of NetVConnection should be allocated        //
@@ -435,6 +434,8 @@ class SSLNetVConnection : public UnixNetVConnection,
   }
 
 protected:
+  void _do_io_close(int lerrno) override;
+
   SSL *
   _get_ssl_object() const override
   {
diff --git a/iocore/net/P_UnixNetVConnection.h b/iocore/net/P_UnixNetVConnection.h
index 65e763f9897..908e50fa6e9 100644
--- a/iocore/net/P_UnixNetVConnection.h
+++ b/iocore/net/P_UnixNetVConnection.h
@@ -271,7 +271,12 @@ class UnixNetVConnection : public NetVConnection, public NetEvent
 
   friend void write_to_net_io(NetHandler *, UnixNetVConnection *, EThread *);
 
+protected:
+  virtual void _do_io_close(int lerrno);
+
 private:
+  bool _need_do_io_close = false;
+
   virtual void *_prepareForMigration();
   virtual NetProcessor *_getNetProcessor();
 };
@@ -357,7 +362,10 @@ UnixNetVConnection::cancel_active_timeout()
   next_activity_timeout_at = 0;
 }
 
-inline UnixNetVConnection::~UnixNetVConnection() {}
+inline UnixNetVConnection::~UnixNetVConnection()
+{
+  ink_assert(!this->_need_do_io_close);
+}
 
 inline SOCKET
 UnixNetVConnection::get_socket()
diff --git a/iocore/net/SSLNetVConnection.cc b/iocore/net/SSLNetVConnection.cc
index 74e4e10f37b..82966184f31 100644
--- a/iocore/net/SSLNetVConnection.cc
+++ b/iocore/net/SSLNetVConnection.cc
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ SSLNetVConnection::load_buffer_and_write(int64_t towrite, MIOBufferAccessor &buf
 SSLNetVConnection::SSLNetVConnection() {}
 
 void
-SSLNetVConnection::do_io_close(int lerrno)
+SSLNetVConnection::_do_io_close(int lerrno)
 {
   if (this->ssl != nullptr) {
     if (get_context() == NET_VCONNECTION_OUT) {
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ SSLNetVConnection::do_io_close(int lerrno)
     }
   }
   // Go on and do the unix socket cleanups
-  super::do_io_close(lerrno);
+  super::_do_io_close(lerrno);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/iocore/net/UnixNetVConnection.cc b/iocore/net/UnixNetVConnection.cc
index 0bb3ecf5816..5dbe75f6e79 100644
--- a/iocore/net/UnixNetVConnection.cc
+++ b/iocore/net/UnixNetVConnection.cc
@@ -590,6 +590,11 @@ UnixNetVConnection::do_io_read(Continuation *c, int64_t nbytes, MIOBuffer *buf)
     Error("do_io_read invoked on closed vc %p, cont %p, nbytes %" PRId64 ", buf %p", this, c, nbytes, buf);
     return nullptr;
   }
+
+  if (buf) {
+    this->_need_do_io_close = true;
+  }
+
   read.vio.op        = VIO::READ;
   read.vio.mutex     = c ? c->mutex : this->mutex;
   read.vio.cont      = c;
@@ -615,6 +620,11 @@ UnixNetVConnection::do_io_write(Continuation *c, int64_t nbytes, IOBufferReader
     Error("do_io_write invoked on closed vc %p, cont %p, nbytes %" PRId64 ", reader %p", this, c, nbytes, reader);
     return nullptr;
   }
+
+  if (reader) {
+    this->_need_do_io_close = true;
+  }
+
   write.vio.op        = VIO::WRITE;
   write.vio.mutex     = c ? c->mutex : this->mutex;
   write.vio.cont      = c;
@@ -635,6 +645,13 @@ UnixNetVConnection::do_io_write(Continuation *c, int64_t nbytes, IOBufferReader
 
 void
 UnixNetVConnection::do_io_close(int alerrno /* = -1 */)
+{
+  this->_need_do_io_close = false;
+  this->_do_io_close(alerrno);
+}
+
+void
+UnixNetVConnection::_do_io_close(int alerrno)
 {
   // FIXME: the nh must not nullptr.
   ink_assert(nh);