diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpOutput.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpOutput.java
index 45eacba982f..1b676da6534 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpOutput.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpOutput.java
@@ -680,20 +680,39 @@ public class HttpOutput extends ServletOutputStream implements Runnable
         {
             Throwable th=_onError;
             _onError=null;
-            _writeListener.onError(th);
+            _writeListener.onError(new IOException(th));
             close();
         }
-        if (_state.get()==OutputState.READY)
+        switch(_state.get())
         {
-            try
-            {
-                _writeListener.onWritePossible();
-            }
-            catch (Throwable e)
-            {
-                _writeListener.onError(e);
-                close();
-            }
+            case READY:
+                try
+                {
+                    _writeListener.onWritePossible();
+                }
+                catch (Throwable e)
+                {
+                    _writeListener.onError(e);
+                    close();
+                }
+                break;
+                
+            case CLOSED:
+                try
+                {
+                    // even though a write is not possible, because a close has 
+                    // occurred, we need to call onWritePossible to tell async
+                    // producer that the last write completed.
+                    _writeListener.onWritePossible();
+                }
+                catch (Throwable e)
+                {
+                    _writeListener.onError(e);
+                }
+                break;
+                
+            default:
+                    
         }
     }
     
@@ -722,7 +741,7 @@ public class HttpOutput extends ServletOutputStream implements Runnable
                             break;
 
                         case CLOSED:
-                            _onError=new EofException("Closed");
+                            _channel.getState().onWritePossible();
                             break;
 
                         default:
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpOutputTest.java b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpOutputTest.java
index ead2774b8fa..4102b474582 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpOutputTest.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpOutputTest.java
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ public class HttpOutputTest
         assertThat(response,containsString("Content-Length"));
         assertThat(response,containsString("400\tThis is a big file"));
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testWriteLargeKnown() throws Exception
     {
@@ -546,6 +546,22 @@ public class HttpOutputTest
         assertThat(response,Matchers.not(containsString("Content-Length")));
         assertThat(response,containsString("400\tThis is a big file"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAsyncWriteSimpleKnown() throws Exception
+    {
+        final Resource big = Resource.newClassPathResource("simple/simple.txt");
+        
+        _handler._async=true;
+        _handler._writeLengthIfKnown=true;
+        _handler._content=BufferUtil.toBuffer(big,false);
+        _handler._arrayBuffer=new byte[4000];
+        
+        String response=_connector.getResponses("GET / HTTP/1.0\nHost: localhost:80\n\n");
+        assertThat(response,containsString("HTTP/1.1 200 OK"));
+        assertThat(response,containsString("Content-Length: 11"));
+        assertThat(response,containsString("simple text"));
+    }
     
     static class ContentHandler extends AbstractHandler
     {
@@ -664,7 +680,6 @@ public class HttpOutputTest
                                 BufferUtil.flipToFlush(_byteBuffer,0);
                                 out.write(_byteBuffer);
                             }
-                            Assert.assertFalse(out.isReady());
                         }
 
                         @Override