diff --git a/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpClientTransportOverHTTP2.java b/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpClientTransportOverHTTP2.java
index 6e2adcb1f17..c273aa4bb9e 100644
--- a/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpClientTransportOverHTTP2.java
+++ b/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpClientTransportOverHTTP2.java
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public class HttpClientTransportOverHTTP2 extends ContainerLifeCycle implements
         @Override
         public void onFailure(Session session, Throwable failure)
         {
-            connection.abort(failure);
+            connection.close(failure);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpConnectionOverHTTP2.java b/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpConnectionOverHTTP2.java
index 98bff3286a1..f166728f772 100644
--- a/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpConnectionOverHTTP2.java
+++ b/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpConnectionOverHTTP2.java
@@ -61,15 +61,20 @@ public class HttpConnectionOverHTTP2 extends HttpConnection
 
     @Override
     public void close()
+    {
+        close(new AsynchronousCloseException());
+    }
+
+    protected void close(Throwable failure)
     {
         // First close then abort, to be sure that the connection cannot be reused
         // from an onFailure() handler or by blocking code waiting for completion.
         getHttpDestination().close(this);
         session.close(ErrorCode.NO_ERROR.code, null, Callback.NOOP);
-        abort(new AsynchronousCloseException());
+        abort(failure);
     }
 
-    protected void abort(Throwable failure)
+    private void abort(Throwable failure)
     {
         for (HttpChannel channel : channels)
         {