diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index 269d6e1a607..370e89b89cf 100644
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ class Client extends DispatcherBase {
   async [kClose] () {
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
       if (!this[kSize]) {
-        this.destroy(resolve)
+        resolve(null)
       } else {
         this[kClosedResolve] = resolve
       }
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ class Client extends DispatcherBase {
 
       const callback = () => {
         if (this[kClosedResolve]) {
+          // TODO (fix): Should we error here with ClientDestroyedError?
           this[kClosedResolve]()
           this[kClosedResolve] = null
         }
@@ -1186,8 +1187,9 @@ function _resume (client, sync) {
       return
     }
 
-    if (client.closed && !client[kSize]) {
-      client.destroy()
+    if (client[kClosedResolve] && !client[kSize]) {
+      client[kClosedResolve]()
+      client[kClosedResolve] = null
       return
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/dispatcher-base.js b/lib/dispatcher-base.js
index 14a5c0acd70..5c0220b5b33 100644
--- a/lib/dispatcher-base.js
+++ b/lib/dispatcher-base.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class DispatcherBase extends Dispatcher {
     super()
 
     this[kDestroyed] = false
-    this[kOnDestroyed] = []
+    this[kOnDestroyed] = null
     this[kClosed] = false
     this[kOnClosed] = []
   }
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ class DispatcherBase extends Dispatcher {
     }
 
     this[kDestroyed] = true
+    this[kOnDestroyed] = this[kOnDestroyed] || []
     this[kOnDestroyed].push(callback)
 
     const onDestroyed = () => {
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ class DispatcherBase extends Dispatcher {
         throw new InvalidArgumentError('opts must be an object.')
       }
 
-      if (this[kDestroyed]) {
+      if (this[kDestroyed] || this[kOnDestroyed]) {
         throw new ClientDestroyedError()
       }