diff --git a/packages/utils/src/abstract-stream.ts b/packages/utils/src/abstract-stream.ts
index 0594bdc9cd..9585342d86 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/abstract-stream.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/abstract-stream.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { CodeError } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import { type Pushable, pushable } from 'it-pushable'
 import defer, { type DeferredPromise } from 'p-defer'
+import pDefer from 'p-defer'
 import { raceSignal } from 'race-signal'
 import { Uint8ArrayList } from 'uint8arraylist'
 import { closeSource } from './close-source.js'
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractStream implements Stream {
   private readonly onReset?: () => void
   private readonly onAbort?: (err: Error) => void
   private readonly sendCloseWriteTimeout: number
+  private sendingData?: DeferredPromise<void>
 
   constructor (init: AbstractStreamInit) {
     this.sinkController = new AbortController()
@@ -180,8 +182,11 @@ export abstract class AbstractStream implements Stream {
 
           const res = this.sendData(data, options)
 
-          if (isPromise(res)) { // eslint-disable-line max-depth
+          if (isPromise(res)) {
+            this.sendingData = pDefer()
             await res
+            this.sendingData.resolve()
+            this.sendingData = undefined
           }
         }
       } finally {
@@ -332,17 +337,15 @@ export abstract class AbstractStream implements Stream {
     }
 
     if (this.writeStatus === 'writing') {
-      // stop reading from the source passed to `.sink` in the microtask queue
-      // - this lets any data queued by the user in the current tick get read
-      // before we exit
-      await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        queueMicrotask(() => {
-          this.log.trace('aborting source passed to .sink')
-          this.sinkController.abort()
-          raceSignal(this.sinkEnd.promise, options.signal)
-            .then(resolve, reject)
-        })
-      })
+      // try to let sending outgoing data succeed
+      if (this.sendingData != null) {
+        await raceSignal(this.sendingData.promise, options.signal)
+      }
+
+      // stop reading from the source passed to `.sink`
+      this.log.trace('aborting source passed to .sink')
+      this.sinkController.abort()
+      await raceSignal(this.sinkEnd.promise, options.signal)
     }
 
     this.writeStatus = 'closed'
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/abstract-stream.spec.ts b/packages/utils/test/abstract-stream.spec.ts
index 4ff53673cc..5cf860dcb2 100644
--- a/packages/utils/test/abstract-stream.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/test/abstract-stream.spec.ts
@@ -201,12 +201,22 @@ describe('abstract stream', () => {
   it('should wait for sending data to finish when closing gracefully', async () => {
     const sendStarted = pDefer()
     let timeFinished: number = 0
+    const wasAbortedBeforeSendingFinished = pDefer()
+    const wasAbortedAfterSendingFinished = pDefer()
 
     // stub send method to simulate slow sending
-    stream.sendData = async () => {
+    stream.sendData = async (data, options) => {
       sendStarted.resolve()
       await delay(1000)
       timeFinished = Date.now()
+
+      // slow send has finished, make sure we weren't aborted before we were
+      // done sending data
+      wasAbortedBeforeSendingFinished.resolve(options?.signal?.aborted)
+
+      // save a reference to the signal, should be aborted after
+      // `stream.close()` returns
+      wasAbortedAfterSendingFinished.resolve(options?.signal)
     }
     const data = [
       Uint8Array.from([0, 1, 2, 3, 4])
@@ -222,6 +232,8 @@ describe('abstract stream', () => {
 
     // should have waited for send to complete
     expect(Date.now()).to.be.greaterThanOrEqual(timeFinished)
+    await expect(wasAbortedBeforeSendingFinished.promise).to.eventually.be.false()
+    await expect(wasAbortedAfterSendingFinished.promise).to.eventually.have.property('aborted', true)
   })
 
   it('should abort close due to timeout with slow sender', async () => {