diff --git a/Sources/NIOSSH/Child Channels/SSHChannelMultiplexer.swift b/Sources/NIOSSH/Child Channels/SSHChannelMultiplexer.swift
index 1e307f9..1638460 100644
--- a/Sources/NIOSSH/Child Channels/SSHChannelMultiplexer.swift	
+++ b/Sources/NIOSSH/Child Channels/SSHChannelMultiplexer.swift	
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ final class SSHChannelMultiplexer {
 
     private var childChannelInitializer: SSHChildChannel.Initializer?
 
+    /// Whether new channels are allowed. Set to `false` once the parent channel is shut down at the TCP level.
+    private var canCreateNewChannels: Bool
+
     init(delegate: SSHMultiplexerDelegate, allocator: ByteBufferAllocator, childChannelInitializer: SSHChildChannel.Initializer?) {
         self.channels = [:]
         self.channels.reserveCapacity(8)
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ final class SSHChannelMultiplexer {
         self.nextChannelID = 0
         self.allocator = allocator
         self.childChannelInitializer = childChannelInitializer
+        self.canCreateNewChannels = true
     }
 
     // Time to clean up. We drop references to things that may be keeping us alive.
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ final class SSHChannelMultiplexer {
     func parentHandlerRemoved() {
         self.delegate = nil
         self.childChannelInitializer = nil
+        self.canCreateNewChannels = false
     }
 }
 
@@ -160,6 +165,7 @@ extension SSHChannelMultiplexer {
     }
 
     func parentChannelInactive() {
+        self.canCreateNewChannels = false
         for channel in self.channels.values {
             channel.parentChannelInactive()
         }
@@ -171,6 +177,10 @@ extension SSHChannelMultiplexer {
             throw NIOSSHError.protocolViolation(protocolName: "channel", violation: "Opening new channel after channel shutdown")
         }
 
+        guard self.canCreateNewChannels else {
+            throw NIOSSHError.tcpShutdown
+        }
+
         // TODO: We need a better channel ID system. Maybe use indices into Arrays instead?
         let channelID = self.nextChannelID
         self.nextChannelID &+= 1
diff --git a/Tests/NIOSSHTests/ChildChannelMultiplexerTests.swift b/Tests/NIOSSHTests/ChildChannelMultiplexerTests.swift
index 33b87ef..b51a9e8 100644
--- a/Tests/NIOSSHTests/ChildChannelMultiplexerTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/NIOSSHTests/ChildChannelMultiplexerTests.swift
@@ -1552,4 +1552,26 @@ final class ChildChannelMultiplexerTests: XCTestCase {
         harness.multiplexer.parentChannelReadComplete()
         XCTAssertEqual(readCounter.readCount, 2)
     }
+
+    func testTCPCloseBeforeInitializer() throws {
+        let harness = self.harnessForbiddingInboundChannels()
+        defer {
+            harness.finish()
+        }
+
+        let childPromise: EventLoopPromise<Channel> = harness.eventLoop.makePromise()
+
+        var childPromiseError: Error?
+        childPromise.futureResult.whenFailure { error in childPromiseError = error }
+
+        // TCP Close
+        harness.multiplexer.parentChannelInactive()
+        harness.multiplexer.createChildChannel(childPromise, channelType: .session) { channel, _ in
+            channel.eventLoop.makeSucceededFuture(())
+        }
+        harness.eventLoop.run()
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(harness.flushedMessages.count, 0)
+        XCTAssertEqual((childPromiseError as? NIOSSHError?)??.type, .tcpShutdown)
+    }
 }