diff --git a/integration/send-files/e2e/express.spec.ts b/integration/send-files/e2e/express.spec.ts
index f95e923389b..cf78184c045 100644
--- a/integration/send-files/e2e/express.spec.ts
+++ b/integration/send-files/e2e/express.spec.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import * as request from 'supertest';
 import { AppModule } from '../src/app.module';
+import {
+  getHttpBaseOptions,
+  sendCanceledHttpRequest,
+  sendHttpRequest,
+} from './utils';
 
 const readme = readFileSync(join(process.cwd(), 'Readme.md'));
 const readmeString = readme.toString();
@@ -68,4 +73,11 @@ describe('Express FileSend', () => {
   it('should return an error if the file does not exist', async () => {
     return request(app.getHttpServer()).get('/file/not/exist').expect(400);
   });
+  it('should allow for the client to end the response and be able to make another', async () => {
+    await app.listen(0);
+    const url = await getHttpBaseOptions(app);
+    await sendCanceledHttpRequest(new URL('/file/slow', url));
+    const res = await sendHttpRequest(new URL('/file/stream', url));
+    expect(res.statusCode).to.be.eq(200);
+  }).timeout(5000);
 });
diff --git a/integration/send-files/e2e/utils.ts b/integration/send-files/e2e/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88d6759e452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/send-files/e2e/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { INestApplication } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { IncomingMessage, request, RequestOptions } from 'http';
+import { URL } from 'url';
+
+export const getHttpBaseOptions = async (
+  app: INestApplication,
+): Promise<URL> => {
+  const url = await app.getUrl();
+  return new URL(url);
+};
+
+export const sendCanceledHttpRequest = async (url: URL) => {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const req = request(url, res => {
+      // close the request once we get the first response of data
+      res.on('data', () => {
+        req.destroy();
+      });
+      // response is closed, move on to next request and verify it's doable
+      res.on('close', resolve);
+    });
+    // fire the request
+    req.end();
+  });
+};
+
+export const sendHttpRequest = async (url: URL) => {
+  return new Promise<IncomingMessage>((resolve, reject) => {
+    const req = request(url, res => {
+      // this makes sure that the response actually starts and is read. We could verify this value against the same
+      // that is in an earlier test, but all we care about in _this_ test is that the status code is 200
+      res.on('data', chunk => {
+        // no op
+      });
+      // fail the test if somethin goes wrong
+      res.on('error', err => {
+        reject(err);
+      });
+      // pass the response back so we can verify values in the test
+      res.on('end', () => {
+        resolve(res);
+      });
+    });
+    // fire the request
+    req.end();
+  });
+};
diff --git a/integration/send-files/src/app.controller.ts b/integration/send-files/src/app.controller.ts
index 9715784bdbf..69fa20ec069 100644
--- a/integration/send-files/src/app.controller.ts
+++ b/integration/send-files/src/app.controller.ts
@@ -36,4 +36,9 @@ export class AppController {
   getNonExistantFile(): StreamableFile {
     return this.appService.getFileThatDoesNotExist();
   }
+
+  @Get('/file/slow')
+  getSlowFile(): StreamableFile {
+    return this.appService.getSlowStream();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/integration/send-files/src/app.service.ts b/integration/send-files/src/app.service.ts
index af94bf5b7f1..e5f920c48b8 100644
--- a/integration/send-files/src/app.service.ts
+++ b/integration/send-files/src/app.service.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 import { Injectable, StreamableFile } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { randomBytes } from 'crypto';
 import { createReadStream, readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { Observable, of } from 'rxjs';
+import { Readable } from 'stream';
 import { NonFile } from './non-file';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class AppService {
+  // `randomBytes` has a max value of 2^31 -1. That's all this is
+  private readonly MAX_BITES = Math.pow(2, 31) - 1;
+
   getReadStream(): StreamableFile {
     return new StreamableFile(
       createReadStream(join(process.cwd(), 'Readme.md')),
@@ -39,4 +44,12 @@ export class AppService {
   getFileThatDoesNotExist(): StreamableFile {
     return new StreamableFile(createReadStream('does-not-exist.txt'));
   }
+
+  getSlowStream(): StreamableFile {
+    const stream = new Readable();
+    stream.push(Buffer.from(randomBytes(this.MAX_BITES)));
+    // necessary for a `new Readable()`. Doesn't do anything
+    stream._read = () => {};
+    return new StreamableFile(stream);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/common/file-stream/streamable-file.ts b/packages/common/file-stream/streamable-file.ts
index f57b857ee69..dae63beda01 100644
--- a/packages/common/file-stream/streamable-file.ts
+++ b/packages/common/file-stream/streamable-file.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { isFunction } from '../utils/shared.utils';
 import { StreamableFileOptions } from './streamable-options.interface';
 
 export interface StreamableHandlerResponse {
+  destroyed: boolean;
   statusCode: number;
   send: (msg: string) => void;
 }
@@ -15,8 +16,10 @@ export class StreamableFile {
     err: Error,
     response: StreamableHandlerResponse,
   ) => void = (err: Error, res) => {
-    res.statusCode = 400;
-    res.send(err.message);
+    if (!res.destroyed) {
+      res.statusCode = 400;
+      res.send(err.message);
+    }
   };
 
   constructor(buffer: Uint8Array, options?: StreamableFileOptions);