diff --git a/lib/http2.c b/lib/http2.c
index 5305eb71e11aee7500565e2306646ff8077a88b5..8f19ebaeec75ea2a795a5257c1baee768c02c28b 100644
--- a/lib/http2.c
+++ b/lib/http2.c
@@ -1246,6 +1246,10 @@ static ssize_t http2_recv(struct connectdata *conn, int sockindex,
       if(nread == -1) {
         if(result != CURLE_AGAIN)
           failf(data, "Failed receiving HTTP2 data");
+        else if(stream->closed)
+          /* received when the stream was already closed! */
+          return http2_handle_stream_close(conn, data, stream, err);
+
         *err = result;
         return -1;
       }