diff --git a/infrastructure/network/rpcclient/grpcclient/grpcclient.go b/infrastructure/network/rpcclient/grpcclient/grpcclient.go
index e15731aa3..4042c6267 100644
--- a/infrastructure/network/rpcclient/grpcclient/grpcclient.go
+++ b/infrastructure/network/rpcclient/grpcclient/grpcclient.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type OnDisconnectedHandler func()
 // GRPCClient is a gRPC-based RPC client
 type GRPCClient struct {
 	stream                protowire.RPC_MessageStreamClient
+	connection            *grpc.ClientConn
 	onErrorHandler        OnErrorHandler
 	onDisconnectedHandler OnDisconnectedHandler
 }
@@ -43,7 +44,12 @@ func Connect(address string) (*GRPCClient, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error getting client stream for %s", address)
 	}
-	return &GRPCClient{stream: stream}, nil
+	return &GRPCClient{stream: stream, connection: gRPCConnection}, nil
+}
+
+// Close closes the underlying grpc connection
+func (c *GRPCClient) Close() error {
+	return c.connection.Close()
 }
 
 // Disconnect disconnects from the RPC server
diff --git a/infrastructure/network/rpcclient/rpcclient.go b/infrastructure/network/rpcclient/rpcclient.go
index 7256f6c82..e4671c028 100644
--- a/infrastructure/network/rpcclient/rpcclient.go
+++ b/infrastructure/network/rpcclient/rpcclient.go
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ func (c *RPCClient) handleClientDisconnected() {
 }
 
 func (c *RPCClient) handleClientError(err error) {
+	if atomic.LoadUint32(&c.isClosed) == 1 {
+		return
+	}
 	log.Warnf("Received error from client: %s", err)
 	c.handleClientDisconnected()
 }
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ func (c *RPCClient) Close() error {
 		return errors.Errorf("Cannot close a client that had already been closed")
 	}
 	c.rpcRouter.router.Close()
-	return nil
+	return c.GRPCClient.Close()
 }
 
 // Address returns the address the RPC client connected to
diff --git a/testing/integration/rpc_test.go b/testing/integration/rpc_test.go
index 44fb1e40d..76caf1ff5 100644
--- a/testing/integration/rpc_test.go
+++ b/testing/integration/rpc_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package integration
 
 import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/config"
+	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -26,6 +27,37 @@ func newTestRPCClient(rpcAddress string) (*testRPCClient, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
+func connectAndClose(rpcAddress string) error {
+	client, err := rpcclient.NewRPCClient(rpcAddress)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer client.Close()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestRPCClientGoroutineLeak(t *testing.T) {
+	_, teardown := setupHarness(t, &harnessParams{
+		p2pAddress:              p2pAddress1,
+		rpcAddress:              rpcAddress1,
+		miningAddress:           miningAddress1,
+		miningAddressPrivateKey: miningAddress1PrivateKey,
+	})
+	defer teardown()
+	numGoroutinesBefore := runtime.NumGoroutine()
+	for i := 1; i < 100; i++ {
+		err := connectAndClose(rpcAddress1)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to set up an RPC client: %s", err)
+		}
+		time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+		if runtime.NumGoroutine() > numGoroutinesBefore+10 {
+			t.Fatalf("Number of goroutines is increasing for each RPC client open (%d -> %d), which indicates a memory leak",
+				numGoroutinesBefore, runtime.NumGoroutine())
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRPCMaxInboundConnections(t *testing.T) {
 	harness, teardown := setupHarness(t, &harnessParams{
 		p2pAddress:              p2pAddress1,