diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/Tcp.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/Tcp.scala
index 4c1a897c1e..221a1d69c4 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/Tcp.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/Tcp.scala
@@ -393,8 +393,12 @@ object Tcp extends ExtensionId[TcpExt] with ExtensionIdProvider {
   /**
    * This command needs to be sent to the connection actor after a `SuspendReading`
    * command in order to resume reading from the socket.
+   *
+   * (This message is marked with DeadLetterSuppression as it is prone to end up in
+   *  DeadLetters when the connection is torn down at the same time as the user wants
+   *  to resume reading on that connection.)
    */
-  case object ResumeReading extends Command
+  case object ResumeReading extends Command with DeadLetterSuppression
 
   /**
    * This message enables the accepting of the next connection if read throttling is enabled
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/TcpConnection.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/TcpConnection.scala
index 67dc89aae6..80606d4d61 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/TcpConnection.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/TcpConnection.scala
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ private[io] abstract class TcpConnection(val tcp: TcpExt, val channel: SocketCha
   def peerSentEOF(info: ConnectionInfo): Receive =
     handleWriteMessages(info) orElse {
       case cmd: CloseCommand ⇒ handleClose(info, Some(sender()), cmd.event)
+      case ResumeReading     ⇒ // ignore, no more data to read
     }
 
   /** connection is closing but a write has to be finished first */