diff --git a/src/json_rpc_request.cpp b/src/json_rpc_request.cpp
index 085e769..64acd93 100644
--- a/src/json_rpc_request.cpp
+++ b/src/json_rpc_request.cpp
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ int CurlContext::on_timer(CURLM* /*multi*/, long timeout_ms)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (timeout_ms == 0) {
+	if ((timeout_ms == 0) && !uv_is_closing(reinterpret_cast<uv_handle_t*>(&m_async))) {
 		// 0 ms timeout, but we can't just call on_timeout() here - we have to kick the UV loop
 		const int result = uv_async_send(&m_async);
 		if (result < 0) {
diff --git a/src/p2pool_api.cpp b/src/p2pool_api.cpp
index 27b61f8..6cf56c6 100644
--- a/src/p2pool_api.cpp
+++ b/src/p2pool_api.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ void p2pool_api::dump_to_file_async_internal(Category category, const char* file
 		m_dumpData[path] = std::move(buf);
 	}
 
-	uv_async_send(&m_dumpToFileAsync);
+	if (!uv_is_closing(reinterpret_cast<uv_handle_t*>(&m_dumpToFileAsync))) {
+		uv_async_send(&m_dumpToFileAsync);
+	}
 }
 
 void p2pool_api::dump_to_file()