diff --git a/src/main/java/reactor/ipc/netty/http/client/HttpClientOperations.java b/src/main/java/reactor/ipc/netty/http/client/HttpClientOperations.java
index 1b4897b307..9761b3c785 100644
--- a/src/main/java/reactor/ipc/netty/http/client/HttpClientOperations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/reactor/ipc/netty/http/client/HttpClientOperations.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package reactor.ipc.netty.http.client;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
@@ -132,11 +133,6 @@ static HttpOperations bindHttp(Channel channel,
 		chunkedTransfer(true);
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	protected boolean shouldEmitEmptyContext() {
-		return true;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public HttpClientRequest addCookie(Cookie cookie) {
 		if (!hasSentHeaders()) {
@@ -260,6 +256,15 @@ protected void onInboundCancel() {
 		channel().close();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	protected void onInboundComplete() {
+		if (responseState == null) {
+			parentContext().fireContextError(new IOException("Connection closed prematurely"));
+			return;
+		}
+		super.onInboundComplete();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public HttpClientRequest header(CharSequence name, CharSequence value) {
 		if (!hasSentHeaders()) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/reactor/ipc/netty/channel/ChannelOperationsHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/reactor/ipc/netty/channel/ChannelOperationsHandlerTest.java
index 693ef80cd2..7ffa958554 100644
--- a/src/test/java/reactor/ipc/netty/channel/ChannelOperationsHandlerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/reactor/ipc/netty/channel/ChannelOperationsHandlerTest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,16 @@
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel;
+import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
 import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -27,9 +36,11 @@
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 import reactor.ipc.netty.FutureMono;
 import reactor.ipc.netty.NettyContext;
+import reactor.ipc.netty.SocketUtils;
 import reactor.ipc.netty.http.client.HttpClient;
 import reactor.ipc.netty.http.client.HttpClientResponse;
 import reactor.ipc.netty.http.server.HttpServer;
+import reactor.ipc.netty.resources.PoolResources;
 import reactor.test.StepVerifier;
 
 public class ChannelOperationsHandlerTest {
@@ -81,4 +92,89 @@ private void doTestPrefetchSize(int writeBufferLowWaterMark, int writeBufferHigh
 
 		assertThat(handler.prefetch == (handler.inner.requested - handler.inner.produced)).isTrue();
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testChannelInactiveThrowsAbortedException() throws Exception {
+		ExecutorService threadPool = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
+
+		int abortServerPort = SocketUtils.findAvailableTcpPort();
+		ConnectionAbortServer abortServer = new ConnectionAbortServer(abortServerPort);
+
+		threadPool.submit(abortServer);
+
+		if(!abortServer.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)){
+			throw new IOException("Fail to start test server");
+		}
+
+		Mono<HttpClientResponse> response =
+				HttpClient.create(ops -> ops.host("localhost")
+				                            .port(abortServerPort)
+				                            .poolResources(PoolResources.fixed("http", 1)))
+				          .get("/", req -> req.sendString(Flux.just("a", "b", "c")));
+
+		StepVerifier.create(response)
+		            .expectError()
+		            .verify(Duration.ofSeconds(1));
+
+		abortServer.close();
+	}
+
+	private static final class ConnectionAbortServer extends CountDownLatch implements Runnable {
+
+		private final int port;
+		private final ServerSocketChannel server;
+		private volatile boolean read = false;
+		private volatile Thread thread;
+
+		private ConnectionAbortServer(int port) {
+			super(1);
+			this.port = port;
+			try {
+				server = ServerSocketChannel.open();
+			}
+			catch (IOException e) {
+				throw new RuntimeException(e);
+			}
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void run() {
+			try {
+				server.configureBlocking(true);
+				server.socket()
+				      .bind(new InetSocketAddress(port));
+				countDown();
+				thread = Thread.currentThread();
+				while (true) {
+					SocketChannel ch = server.accept();
+
+					while (true) {
+						int bytes = ch.read(ByteBuffer.allocate(256));
+						if (bytes > 0) {
+							if (!read) {
+								read = true;
+							}
+							else {
+								ch.close();
+								return;
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			catch (IOException e) {
+			}
+		}
+
+		public void close() throws IOException {
+			Thread thread = this.thread;
+			if (thread != null) {
+				thread.interrupt();
+			}
+			ServerSocketChannel server = this.server;
+			if (server != null) {
+				server.close();
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }