diff --git a/src/security/tls/tls_connection.cpp b/src/security/tls/tls_connection.cpp
index 7bdb15c8..5d4b54a5 100644
--- a/src/security/tls/tls_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/security/tls/tls_connection.cpp
@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@ namespace libp2p::connection {
                                                               auto &&result) {
       if (ec) {
         SL_DEBUG(log(), "connection async op error {}", ec);
+        cb(ec);
         std::ignore = conn->close();
-        return cb(ec);
+        return;
       }
       cb(std::forward<decltype(result)>(result));
     };
diff --git a/src/transport/tcp/tcp_connection.cpp b/src/transport/tcp/tcp_connection.cpp
index 6aa317de..dab82387 100644
--- a/src/transport/tcp/tcp_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/transport/tcp/tcp_connection.cpp
@@ -95,8 +95,9 @@ namespace libp2p::transport {
                                                               auto result) {
         if (auto self = wptr.lock()) {
           if (ec) {
+            cb(ec);
             self->close(ec);
-            return cb(ec);
+            return;
           }
           TRACE("{} {}", self->str(), result);
           cb(result);