diff --git a/pubsub.ts b/pubsub.ts
index bad2812d..2f231c80 100644
--- a/pubsub.ts
+++ b/pubsub.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,16 @@ class RedisSubscriptionImpl implements RedisSubscription {
     let forceReconnect = false;
     while (this.isConnected) {
       try {
-        const rep = (await readArrayReply(this.connection.reader!)) as string[];
+        let rep: string[];
+        try {
+          rep = (await readArrayReply(this.connection.reader)) as string[];
+        } catch (err) {
+          if (err instanceof Deno.errors.BadResource) { // Connection already closed.
+            this.connection.close();
+            break;
+          }
+          throw err;
+        }
         const ev = rep[0];
 
         if (ev === "message" && rep.length === 3) {
diff --git a/tests/pubsub_test.ts b/tests/pubsub_test.ts
index 8baee93d..fc95ffc8 100644
--- a/tests/pubsub_test.ts
+++ b/tests/pubsub_test.ts
@@ -128,4 +128,19 @@ suite.test("testSubscribe4", async () => {
   stopRedis(tempServer);
 });
 
+suite.test(
+  "SubscriptionShouldNotThrowBadResourceErrorWhenConnectionIsClosed (#89)",
+  async () => {
+    const redis = await newClient(opts);
+    const sub = await redis.subscribe("test");
+    const subscriptionPromise = (async () => {
+      // deno-lint-ignore no-empty
+      for await (const _ of sub.receive()) {}
+    })();
+    redis.close();
+    await subscriptionPromise;
+    assert(sub.isClosed);
+  },
+);
+
 suite.runTests();