diff --git a/src/tribler/core/components/socks_servers/socks5/connection.py b/src/tribler/core/components/socks_servers/socks5/connection.py
index 060fe4de425..2c1d1794f29 100644
--- a/src/tribler/core/components/socks_servers/socks5/connection.py
+++ b/src/tribler/core/components/socks_servers/socks5/connection.py
@@ -215,3 +215,4 @@ def close(self, reason='unspecified'):
 
         if self.transport:
             self.transport.close()
+            self.transport = None
diff --git a/src/tribler/core/components/socks_servers/socks5/tests/test_connection.py b/src/tribler/core/components/socks_servers/socks5/tests/test_connection.py
index 13094ed2362..6e9e0041fe4 100644
--- a/src/tribler/core/components/socks_servers/socks5/tests/test_connection.py
+++ b/src/tribler/core/components/socks_servers/socks5/tests/test_connection.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def test_invalid_version(connection):
     Test passing an invalid version to the socks5 server
     """
     connection.data_received(unhexlify('040100'))
-    assert not connection.transport.connected
+    assert not connection.transport
 
 
 def test_method_request(connection):
diff --git a/src/tribler/core/components/tunnel/community/dispatcher.py b/src/tribler/core/components/tunnel/community/dispatcher.py
index 4799da3f0d2..b37466467aa 100644
--- a/src/tribler/core/components/tunnel/community/dispatcher.py
+++ b/src/tribler/core/components/tunnel/community/dispatcher.py
@@ -93,9 +93,13 @@ async def on_socks5_tcp_data(self, tcp_connection, destination, request):
             self._logger.info('Failed to get HTTP response using tunnels: %s', e)
             return
 
+        transport = tcp_connection.transport
+        if not transport:
+            return
+
         if response:
-            tcp_connection.transport.write(response)
-        tcp_connection.transport.close()
+            transport.write(response)
+        transport.close()
 
     def select_circuit(self, connection, request):
         def add_data_if_result(result_func, connection=connection.udp_connection, request=request):
diff --git a/src/tribler/core/components/tunnel/tests/test_dispatcher.py b/src/tribler/core/components/tunnel/tests/test_dispatcher.py
index 9584844d692..fadbecd7794 100644
--- a/src/tribler/core/components/tunnel/tests/test_dispatcher.py
+++ b/src/tribler/core/components/tunnel/tests/test_dispatcher.py
@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@ async def test_on_socks_in_tcp(dispatcher):
     tcp_connection.transport.write.assert_called_once_with(b'test')
 
 
+async def test_on_socks5_tcp_data_with_transport_none(dispatcher):
+    tcp_connection = Mock(transport=None)
+    dispatcher.set_socks_servers([tcp_connection.socksserver])
+
+    dispatcher.tunnels.perform_http_request = Mock(return_value=succeed(b'test'))
+    await dispatcher.on_socks5_tcp_data(tcp_connection, ("0.0.0.0", 1024), b'')
+
+
 def test_circuit_dead(dispatcher, mock_circuit):
     """
     Test whether the correct peers are removed when a circuit breaks