diff --git a/packages/utils/src/stream-to-ma-conn.ts b/packages/utils/src/stream-to-ma-conn.ts
index 94efb4cf55..47ba0d91c3 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/stream-to-ma-conn.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/stream-to-ma-conn.ts
@@ -18,13 +18,21 @@ export function streamToMaConnection (props: StreamProperties): MultiaddrConnect
   const { sink, source } = stream
   const log = logger.forComponent('libp2p:stream:converter')
 
+  let closedRead = false
+  let closedWrite = false
+
   const mapSource = (async function * () {
-    for await (const list of source) {
-      if (list instanceof Uint8Array) {
-        yield list
-      } else {
-        yield * list
+    try {
+      for await (const list of source) {
+        if (list instanceof Uint8Array) {
+          yield list
+        } else {
+          yield * list
+        }
       }
+    } finally {
+      closedRead = true
+      close()
     }
   }())
 
@@ -32,7 +40,6 @@ export function streamToMaConnection (props: StreamProperties): MultiaddrConnect
     async sink (source) {
       try {
         await sink(source)
-        close()
       } catch (err: any) {
         // If aborted we can safely ignore
         if (err.type !== 'aborted') {
@@ -41,23 +48,31 @@ export function streamToMaConnection (props: StreamProperties): MultiaddrConnect
           // destroyed. There's nothing to do here except log the error & return.
           log(err)
         }
+      } finally {
+        closedWrite = true
+        close()
       }
     },
     source: mapSource,
     remoteAddr,
     timeline: { open: Date.now(), close: undefined },
     async close (options?: AbortOptions) {
-      close()
+      close(true)
       await stream.close(options)
     },
     abort (err: Error): void {
-      close()
+      close(true)
       stream.abort(err)
     }
   }
 
-  function close (): void {
-    if (maConn.timeline.close == null) {
+  function close (force?: boolean): void {
+    if (force === true) {
+      closedRead = true
+      closedWrite = true
+    }
+
+    if (closedRead && closedWrite && maConn.timeline.close == null) {
       maConn.timeline.close = Date.now()
     }
   }