diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http/Internal/SocketClientLoggerExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http/Internal/SocketClientLoggerExtensions.cs
index 4b277f1dc7..32d8bd52ed 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http/Internal/SocketClientLoggerExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http/Internal/SocketClientLoggerExtensions.cs
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ internal static class SocketClientLoggerExtensions
         private static readonly Action<ILogger, DateTime, string, Exception> _closingWebSocketFailed =
             LoggerMessage.Define<DateTime, string>(LogLevel.Information, 16, "{time}: Connection Id {connectionId}: Closing webSocket failed.");
 
+        private static readonly Action<ILogger, DateTime, string, Exception> _cancelMessage =
+            LoggerMessage.Define<DateTime, string>(LogLevel.Debug, 17, "{time}: Connection Id {connectionId}: Canceled passing message to application.");
+
         // Category: ServerSentEventsTransport and LongPollingTransport
         private static readonly Action<ILogger, DateTime, string, int, Uri, Exception> _sendingMessages =
             LoggerMessage.Define<DateTime, string, int, Uri>(LogLevel.Debug, 9, "{time}: Connection Id {connectionId}: Sending {count} message(s) to the server using url: {url}.");
@@ -283,6 +286,14 @@ public static void ClosingWebSocketFailed(this ILogger logger, string connection
             }
         }
 
+        public static void CancelMessage(this ILogger logger, string connectionId)
+        {
+            if (logger.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Debug))
+            {
+                _cancelMessage(logger, DateTime.Now, connectionId, null);
+            }
+        }
+
         public static void SendingMessages(this ILogger logger, string connectionId, int count, Uri url)
         {
             if (logger.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Debug))
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http/WebSocketsTransport.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http/WebSocketsTransport.cs
index 7177993346..2249c44bc9 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http/WebSocketsTransport.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Sockets.Client.Http/WebSocketsTransport.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public class WebSocketsTransport : ITransport
         private readonly ClientWebSocket _webSocket = new ClientWebSocket();
         private Channel<byte[], SendMessage> _application;
         private readonly CancellationTokenSource _transportCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        private readonly CancellationTokenSource _receiveCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
         private readonly ILogger _logger;
         private string _connectionId;
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ private async Task ReceiveMessages(Uri pollUrl)
 
             try
             {
-                while (!_transportCts.Token.IsCancellationRequested)
+                while (!_receiveCts.Token.IsCancellationRequested)
                 {
                     const int bufferSize = 4096;
                     var totalBytes = 0;
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ private async Task ReceiveMessages(Uri pollUrl)
                         var buffer = new ArraySegment<byte>(new byte[bufferSize]);
 
                         //Exceptions are handled above where the send and receive tasks are being run.
-                        receiveResult = await _webSocket.ReceiveAsync(buffer, _transportCts.Token);
+                        receiveResult = await _webSocket.ReceiveAsync(buffer, _receiveCts.Token);
                         if (receiveResult.MessageType == WebSocketMessageType.Close)
                         {
                             _logger.WebSocketClosed(_connectionId, receiveResult.CloseStatus);
@@ -129,15 +130,25 @@ private async Task ReceiveMessages(Uri pollUrl)
                         Buffer.BlockCopy(incomingMessage[0].Array, incomingMessage[0].Offset, messageBuffer, 0, incomingMessage[0].Count);
                     }
 
-                    _logger.MessageToApp(_connectionId, messageBuffer.Length);
-                    while (await _application.Out.WaitToWriteAsync(_transportCts.Token))
+                    try
                     {
-                        if (_application.Out.TryWrite(messageBuffer))
+                        if (!_transportCts.Token.IsCancellationRequested)
                         {
-                            incomingMessage.Clear();
-                            break;
+                            _logger.MessageToApp(_connectionId, messageBuffer.Length);
+                            while (await _application.Out.WaitToWriteAsync(_transportCts.Token))
+                            {
+                                if (_application.Out.TryWrite(messageBuffer))
+                                {
+                                    incomingMessage.Clear();
+                                    break;
+                                }
+                            }
                         }
                     }
+                    catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                    {
+                        _logger.CancelMessage(_connectionId);
+                    }
                 }
             }
             catch (OperationCanceledException)
@@ -198,7 +209,7 @@ private async Task SendMessages(Uri sendUrl)
             finally
             {
                 _logger.SendStopped(_connectionId);
-                _transportCts.Cancel();
+                TriggerCancel();
             }
         }
 
@@ -248,7 +259,7 @@ private async Task CloseWebSocket()
                     await _webSocket.CloseOutputAsync(WebSocketCloseStatus.NormalClosure, null, CancellationToken.None);
 
                     // shutdown the transport after a timeout in case the server does not send close frame
-                    _transportCts.CancelAfter(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+                    TriggerCancel();
                 }
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
@@ -258,5 +269,12 @@ private async Task CloseWebSocket()
                 _logger.ClosingWebSocketFailed(_connectionId, ex);
             }
         }
+
+        private void TriggerCancel()
+        {
+            // Give server 5 seconds to respond with a close frame for graceful close.
+            _receiveCts.CancelAfter(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+            _transportCts.Cancel();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests/WebSocketsTransportTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests/WebSocketsTransportTests.cs
index 627b03242b..62ef0b3e91 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests/WebSocketsTransportTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Tests/WebSocketsTransportTests.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public async Task WebSocketsTransportStopsWhenConnectionChannelClosed()
                 await webSocketsTransport.StartAsync(new Uri(_serverFixture.WebSocketsUrl + "/echo"), channelConnection,
                     TransferMode.Binary, connectionId: string.Empty);
                 connectionToTransport.Out.TryComplete();
-                await webSocketsTransport.Running.OrTimeout();
+                await webSocketsTransport.Running.OrTimeout(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
             }
         }