diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/perf/Consumer.java b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/perf/Consumer.java
index 2635a9e0..a11841f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/perf/Consumer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/perf/Consumer.java
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ private void startBasicGetConsumer() {
                 try {
                   GetResponse response = ch.basicGet(queue, autoAck);
                   if (response != null) {
-                    delegate.handleMessage(
+                    delegate.maybeHandleMessage(
                         response.getEnvelope(), response.getProps(), response.getBody(), ch);
                   }
                 } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -280,7 +280,14 @@ private ConsumerImpl(Channel channel) {
     public void handleDelivery(
         String consumerTag, Envelope envelope, BasicProperties properties, byte[] body)
         throws IOException {
-      this.handleMessage(envelope, properties, body, channel);
+      this.maybeHandleMessage(envelope, properties, body, channel);
+    }
+
+    private void maybeHandleMessage(
+        Envelope envelope, BasicProperties properties, byte[] body, Channel ch) throws IOException {
+      if (ch.isOpen()) {
+        handleMessage(envelope, properties, body, ch);
+      }
     }
 
     void handleMessage(Envelope envelope, BasicProperties properties, byte[] body, Channel ch)
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rabbitmq/perf/MessageCountTimeLimitAndPublishingIntervalRateTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rabbitmq/perf/MessageCountTimeLimitAndPublishingIntervalRateTest.java
index 53634e59..8f104735 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/rabbitmq/perf/MessageCountTimeLimitAndPublishingIntervalRateTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rabbitmq/perf/MessageCountTimeLimitAndPublishingIntervalRateTest.java
@@ -337,6 +337,11 @@ public void consumerCount(int consumersCount, int channelsCount) throws Exceptio
     Channel channel =
         proxy(
             Channel.class,
+            callback(
+                "isOpen",
+                (proxy, method, args) -> {
+                  return true;
+                }),
             callback(
                 "basicConsume",
                 (proxy, method, args) -> {
@@ -458,6 +463,11 @@ void shouldAckOneLastTimeWhenQueueIsEmpty() throws Exception {
     Channel channel =
         proxy(
             Channel.class,
+            callback(
+                "isOpen",
+                (proxy, method, args) -> {
+                  return true;
+                }),
             callback(
                 "basicConsume",
                 (proxy, method, args) -> {
@@ -924,6 +934,11 @@ public void pollingWithBasicGet(int consumersCount, int channelsCount) throws Ex
     Channel channel =
         proxy(
             Channel.class,
+            callback(
+                "isOpen",
+                (proxy, method, args) -> {
+                  return true;
+                }),
             callback(
                 "basicGet",
                 (proxy, method, args) -> {
@@ -1014,6 +1029,11 @@ public void ackNack(String nackParameter) throws Exception {
     Channel channel =
         proxy(
             Channel.class,
+            callback(
+                "isOpen",
+                (proxy, method, args) -> {
+                  return true;
+                }),
             callback(
                 "basicConsume",
                 (proxy, method, args) -> {