diff --git a/close.go b/close.go
index d78a5442..fe1ced34 100644
--- a/close.go
+++ b/close.go
@@ -182,6 +182,13 @@ func (c *Conn) waitCloseHandshake() error {
 		return c.readCloseFrameErr
 	}
 
+	for i := int64(0); i < c.msgReader.payloadLength; i++ {
+		_, err := c.br.ReadByte()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	for {
 		h, err := c.readLoop(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/conn_test.go b/conn_test.go
index 3df6c64a..abc1c81d 100644
--- a/conn_test.go
+++ b/conn_test.go
@@ -308,6 +308,27 @@ func TestConn(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.ErrorIs(t, websocket.ErrClosed, err1)
 		assert.ErrorIs(t, websocket.ErrClosed, err2)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("MidReadClose", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tt, c1, c2 := newConnTest(t, nil, nil)
+
+		tt.goEchoLoop(c2)
+
+		c1.SetReadLimit(131072)
+
+		for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+			err := wstest.Echo(tt.ctx, c1, 131072)
+			assert.Success(t, err)
+		}
+
+		err := wsjson.Write(tt.ctx, c1, "four")
+		assert.Success(t, err)
+		_, _, err = c1.Reader(tt.ctx)
+		assert.Success(t, err)
+
+		err = c1.Close(websocket.StatusNormalClosure, "")
+		assert.Success(t, err)
+	})
 }
 
 func TestWasm(t *testing.T) {