diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
index dcd5e0aa345029..1868493c1d6146 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ async def _accept_connection2(
 
             try:
                 await waiter
+                transport.close()
             except BaseException:
                 transport.close()
                 raise