diff --git a/actix-server/src/worker.rs b/actix-server/src/worker.rs
index cd7491d7..d62409bc 100644
--- a/actix-server/src/worker.rs
+++ b/actix-server/src/worker.rs
@@ -135,6 +135,13 @@ pub(crate) struct ServerWorker {
     shutdown_timeout: Duration,
 }
 
+/// Set worker to unavailable when dropping.
+impl Drop for ServerWorker {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.rx.close();
+    }
+}
+
 struct WorkerService {
     factory: usize,
     status: WorkerServiceStatus,
diff --git a/actix-server/tests/test_server.rs b/actix-server/tests/test_server.rs
index e09f053b..3af072bb 100644
--- a/actix-server/tests/test_server.rs
+++ b/actix-server/tests/test_server.rs
@@ -517,6 +517,8 @@ async fn worker_restart() {
 
     let (server, sys) = rx.recv().unwrap();
 
+    sleep(Duration::from_secs(3)).await;
+
     let mut buf = [0; 8];
 
     // worker 1 would not restart and return it's id consistently.
@@ -545,7 +547,6 @@ async fn worker_restart() {
 
     // worker 2 restarting and work goes to worker 1.
     let mut stream = TcpStream::connect(addr).await.unwrap();
-
     let n = stream.read(&mut buf).await.unwrap();
     let id = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf[0..n]);
     assert_eq!("1", id);