diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/ArteryTransport.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/ArteryTransport.scala
index bc8d27df53..fb9957a401 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/ArteryTransport.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/ArteryTransport.scala
@@ -610,7 +610,9 @@ private[remote] class ArteryTransport(_system: ExtendedActorSystem, _provider: R
         completed
 
       } else {
+        val hubKillSwitch = KillSwitches.shared("hubKillSwitch")
         val source = aeronSource(ordinaryStreamId, envelopeBufferPool)
+          .via(hubKillSwitch.flow)
           .via(inboundFlow(compression))
           .map(env ⇒ (env.recipient, env))
 
@@ -645,6 +647,12 @@ private[remote] class ArteryTransport(_system: ExtendedActorSystem, _provider: R
         import system.dispatcher
         val completed = Future.sequence(completedValues).map(_ ⇒ Done)
 
+        // tear down the upstream hub part if downstream lane fails
+        // lanes are not completed with success by themselves so we don't have to care about onSuccess
+        completed.onFailure {
+          case reason: Throwable ⇒ hubKillSwitch.abort(reason)
+        }
+
         completed
       }
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/Association.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/Association.scala
index 0456ceb62b..376a0e5dce 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/Association.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/Association.scala
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ import akka.remote.artery.compress.CompressionProtocol._
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.MergeHub
 import akka.actor.DeadLetter
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
+import akka.stream.KillSwitches
+import scala.util.Failure
+import scala.util.Success
 
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
@@ -465,7 +468,10 @@ private[remote] class Association(
         wrapper
       }.toVector
 
+      val laneKillSwitch = KillSwitches.shared("outboundLaneKillSwitch")
+
       val lane = Source.fromGraph(new SendQueue[OutboundEnvelope])
+        .via(laneKillSwitch.flow)
         .viaMat(transport.outboundTestFlow(this))(Keep.both)
         .viaMat(transport.outboundLane(this))(Keep.both)
         .watchTermination()(Keep.both)
@@ -473,7 +479,9 @@ private[remote] class Association(
           case (((q, m), c), w) ⇒ ((q, m), (c, w))
         }
 
-      val (mergeHub, aeronSinkCompleted) = MergeHub.source[EnvelopeBuffer].toMat(transport.aeronSink(this))(Keep.both).run()(materializer)
+      val (mergeHub, aeronSinkCompleted) = MergeHub.source[EnvelopeBuffer]
+        .via(laneKillSwitch.flow)
+        .toMat(transport.aeronSink(this))(Keep.both).run()(materializer)
 
       val values: Vector[((SendQueue.QueueValue[OutboundEnvelope], TestManagementApi), (Encoder.ChangeOutboundCompression, Future[Done]))] =
         (0 until outboundLanes).map { _ ⇒
@@ -490,6 +498,12 @@ private[remote] class Association(
       import transport.system.dispatcher
       val completed = Future.sequence(laneCompletedValues).flatMap(_ ⇒ aeronSinkCompleted)
 
+      // tear down all parts if one part fails or completes
+      completed.onFailure {
+        case reason: Throwable ⇒ laneKillSwitch.abort(reason)
+      }
+      (laneCompletedValues :+ aeronSinkCompleted).foreach(_.onSuccess { case _ ⇒ laneKillSwitch.shutdown() })
+
       queueValues.zip(wrappers).zipWithIndex.foreach {
         case ((q, w), i) ⇒
           q.inject(w.queue)