diff --git a/src/connection.js b/src/connection.js
index 10ab1bb3..45626ac2 100644
--- a/src/connection.js
+++ b/src/connection.js
@@ -252,6 +252,16 @@ function Connection(options, queues = {}, { onopen = noop, onend = noop, onclose
   }
 
   function nextWrite(fn) {
+    if (!socket) {
+      // closed() nulls the socket and reconnect() only recreates it on a later
+      // timer. write() is also reached from the 'data' handler, so a throw here
+      // has no query to reject and escapes as an uncaughtException. Settle the
+      // pending queries rather than dropping the write, or the caller hangs.
+      nextWriteTimer !== null && clearImmediate(nextWriteTimer)
+      chunk = nextWriteTimer = null
+      error(Errors.connection('CONNECTION_CLOSED', options, socket))
+      return false
+    }
     const x = socket.write(chunk, fn)
     nextWriteTimer !== null && clearImmediate(nextWriteTimer)
     chunk = nextWriteTimer = null
diff --git a/tests/index.js b/tests/index.js
index 845c6ce0..2851c782 100644
--- a/tests/index.js
+++ b/tests/index.js
@@ -2707,6 +2707,32 @@ t('Ensure reserve on query throws proper error', async() => {
   ]
 })
 
+t('Writing to a closed reserved connection rejects instead of crashing', async() => {
+  let downstream
+  const proxy = net.createServer(x => {
+    downstream = x
+    const upstream = net.connect(5432, '127.0.0.1')
+    x.pipe(upstream).pipe(x)
+    x.on('error', () => upstream.destroy())
+    upstream.on('error', () => x.destroy())
+  })
+
+  await new Promise(r => proxy.listen(0, r))
+
+  const sql = postgres({ ...options, host: '127.0.0.1', port: proxy.address().port, max: 1 })
+      , reserved = await sql.reserve()
+
+  await reserved`select 1`
+  downstream.end()
+  await delay(50)
+
+  const code = await reserved`select 1`.catch(e => e.code)
+  reserved.release()
+  proxy.close()
+
+  return ['CONNECTION_CLOSED', code]
+})
+
 t('query during copy error', async() => {
   const sql = postgres(options) // eslint-disable-line
   await sql`create table test (id serial primary key, name text)`