diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/pattern/BackoffSupervisorSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/pattern/BackoffSupervisorSpec.scala
index 4daf26bf9b..b60641fd13 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/pattern/BackoffSupervisorSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/pattern/BackoffSupervisorSpec.scala
@@ -350,7 +350,25 @@ class BackoffSupervisorSpec extends AkkaSpec with ImplicitSender with Eventually
       c1 ! PoisonPill
       expectTerminated(c1)
       expectTerminated(supervisor)
+    }
 
+    "supervisor must not stop when final stop message has not been received" in {
+      val stopMessage = "stop"
+      val supervisorWatcher = TestProbe()
+      val supervisor: ActorRef = create(onStopOptions(maxNrOfRetries = 100).withFinalStopMessage(_ == stopMessage))
+      supervisor ! BackoffSupervisor.GetCurrentChild
+      val c1 = expectMsgType[BackoffSupervisor.CurrentChild].ref.get
+      watch(c1)
+      watch(supervisor)
+      supervisorWatcher.watch(supervisor)
+
+      c1 ! PoisonPill
+      expectTerminated(c1)
+      supervisor ! "ping"
+      supervisorWatcher.expectNoMessage(20.millis) // supervisor must not terminate
+
+      supervisor ! stopMessage
+      expectTerminated(supervisor)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/BackoffSupervisor.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/BackoffSupervisor.scala
index 30317b47c8..5480682291 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/BackoffSupervisor.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/BackoffSupervisor.scala
@@ -436,8 +436,9 @@ private[akka] trait HandleBackoff { this: Actor ⇒
         finalStopMessage match {
           case None ⇒
           case Some(fsm) ⇒
-            fsm(msg)
-            context.stop(self)
+            if (fsm(msg)) {
+              context.stop(self)
+            }
         }
     }
   }