diff --git a/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/core/impl/ActiveMQClientProtocolManager.java b/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/core/impl/ActiveMQClientProtocolManager.java
index 47401c5043..1b8ec977e2 100644
--- a/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/core/impl/ActiveMQClientProtocolManager.java
+++ b/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/core/impl/ActiveMQClientProtocolManager.java
@@ -169,10 +169,13 @@ public class ActiveMQClientProtocolManager implements ClientProtocolManager {
             Lock lock = getChannel1().getLock();
 
             // Lock it - this must be done while the failoverLock is held
-            while (isAlive() && !lock.tryLock(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) {
+            while (isAlive()) {
+               if (lock.tryLock(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) {
+                  return lock;
+               }
             }
 
-            return lock;
+            return null;
          } finally {
             localFailoverLock.unlock();
          }
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/client/SessionFactoryCloseTest.java b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/client/SessionFactoryCloseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8f09f2484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/client/SessionFactoryCloseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.integration.client;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ClientSessionFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.FailoverEventType;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ServerLocator;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.ActiveMQServer;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.ActiveMQTestBase;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class SessionFactoryCloseTest extends ActiveMQTestBase {
+
+   private ActiveMQServer server;
+
+   @Before
+   @Override
+   public void setUp() throws Exception {
+      super.setUp();
+
+      server = createServer(false);
+
+      server.start();
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testCloseSessionFactory() throws Exception {
+      ServerLocator locator = createInVMNonHALocator().setReconnectAttempts(-1).setConnectionTTL(1000).setClientFailureCheckPeriod(100).setConsumerWindowSize(10 * 1024 * 1024).setCallTimeout(1000);
+      ClientSessionFactory sf = locator.createSessionFactory();
+
+      final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+      sf.addFailoverListener(eventType -> {
+         if (eventType == FailoverEventType.FAILURE_DETECTED) {
+            try {
+               /**
+                * We close client session factory during this period and
+                * expect reconnection stopped without exception which notifies
+                * FAILOVER_FAILED event. See ARTEMIS-1949.
+                */
+               Thread.sleep(1000L);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+               e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+         } else if (eventType == FailoverEventType.FAILOVER_FAILED) {
+            latch.countDown();
+         }
+      });
+      server.stop();
+
+      Thread.sleep(600);
+      sf.close();
+      assertTrue(latch.await(1000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
+   }
+}