diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/TcpConnection.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/TcpConnection.scala
index b5e46d99b6..fdc84967ad 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/TcpConnection.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/TcpConnection.scala
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ private[io] abstract class TcpConnection(val tcp: TcpExt, val channel: SocketCha
 
   /** stopWith sets this state while waiting for the SelectionHandler to execute the `cancelAndClose` thunk */
   def unregistering: Receive = {
-    case Unregistered => context.stop(self) // postStop will notify interested parties
+    case Unregistered                                                               => context.stop(self) // postStop will notify interested parties
+    case ChannelReadable | ChannelWritable | ChannelAcceptable | ChannelConnectable => // ignore, we are going away soon anyway
   }
 
   // AUXILIARIES and IMPLEMENTATION