diff --git a/actix-server/src/worker.rs b/actix-server/src/worker.rs
index 79f15b16..17535c05 100644
--- a/actix-server/src/worker.rs
+++ b/actix-server/src/worker.rs
@@ -192,10 +192,112 @@ impl WorkerHandleServer {
     }
 }
 
-/// Service worker.
+/// Server worker.
 ///
 /// Worker accepts Socket objects via unbounded channel and starts stream processing.
 pub(crate) struct ServerWorker {
+    worker: Worker,
+    state: WorkerState,
+}
+
+impl ServerWorker {
+    fn new(
+        rx: UnboundedReceiver<Conn>,
+        rx2: UnboundedReceiver<Stop>,
+        counter: WorkerCounter,
+        services: Box<[WorkerService]>,
+        factories: Box<[Box<dyn InternalServiceFactory>]>,
+        shutdown_timeout: Duration,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            worker: Worker {
+                rx,
+                rx2,
+                counter,
+                services,
+                factories,
+                shutdown_timeout,
+            },
+            state: WorkerState::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn start(
+        idx: usize,
+        factories: Vec<Box<dyn InternalServiceFactory>>,
+        waker_queue: WakerQueue,
+        config: ServerWorkerConfig,
+    ) -> (WorkerHandleAccept, WorkerHandleServer) {
+        let (tx1, rx) = unbounded_channel();
+        let (tx2, rx2) = unbounded_channel();
+
+        let counter = Counter::new(config.max_concurrent_connections);
+
+        let counter_clone = counter.clone();
+        // every worker runs in it's own arbiter.
+        // use a custom tokio runtime builder to change the settings of runtime.
+        Arbiter::with_tokio_rt(move || {
+            tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+                .enable_all()
+                .max_blocking_threads(config.max_blocking_threads)
+                .build()
+                .unwrap()
+        })
+        .spawn(async move {
+            let fut = factories
+                .iter()
+                .enumerate()
+                .map(|(idx, factory)| {
+                    let fut = factory.create();
+                    async move { fut.await.map(|(t, s)| (idx, t, s)) }
+                })
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+            // a second spawn to run !Send future tasks.
+            spawn(async move {
+                let res = join_all(fut)
+                    .await
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>();
+                let services = match res {
+                    Ok(res) => res
+                        .into_iter()
+                        .fold(Vec::new(), |mut services, (factory, token, service)| {
+                            assert_eq!(token, services.len());
+                            services.push(WorkerService {
+                                factory,
+                                service,
+                                status: WorkerServiceStatus::Unavailable,
+                            });
+                            services
+                        })
+                        .into_boxed_slice(),
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        error!("Can not start worker: {:?}", e);
+                        Arbiter::current().stop();
+                        return;
+                    }
+                };
+
+                let counter = WorkerCounter::new(idx, waker_queue, counter_clone);
+
+                // a third spawn to make sure ServerWorker runs as non boxed future.
+                spawn(ServerWorker::new(
+                    rx,
+                    rx2,
+                    counter,
+                    services,
+                    factories.into_boxed_slice(),
+                    config.shutdown_timeout,
+                ));
+            });
+        });
+
+        handle_pair(idx, tx1, tx2, counter)
+    }
+}
+
+struct Worker {
     // UnboundedReceiver<Conn> should always be the first field.
     // It must be dropped as soon as ServerWorker dropping.
     rx: UnboundedReceiver<Conn>,
@@ -203,10 +305,208 @@ pub(crate) struct ServerWorker {
     counter: WorkerCounter,
     services: Box<[WorkerService]>,
     factories: Box<[Box<dyn InternalServiceFactory>]>,
-    state: WorkerState,
     shutdown_timeout: Duration,
 }
 
+impl Worker {
+    /// `Conn` message and worker/service state switch handler
+    fn poll_running(&mut self, running: &mut Running, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<()> {
+        // loop only exit on `Conn` channel shutdown or any poll method returns Pending state.
+        loop {
+            match *running {
+                Running::Unavailable => match self.poll_ready(cx) {
+                    Ok(true) => {
+                        *running = Running::Available;
+                    }
+                    Ok(false) => return Poll::Pending,
+                    Err((token, idx)) => {
+                        let restart = self.restart_service(token, idx);
+                        *running = Running::Restart(restart);
+                    }
+                },
+                Running::Restart(Restart {
+                    factory_id,
+                    token,
+                    ref mut fut,
+                }) => {
+                    let (token_new, service) =
+                        ready!(fut.as_mut().poll(cx)).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+                            // Restart failure would result in a panic drop of ServerWorker.
+                            // This would prevent busy loop of poll_running.
+                            panic!(
+                                "Can not restart {:?} service",
+                                self.factories[factory_id].name(token)
+                            )
+                        });
+
+                    assert_eq!(token, token_new);
+
+                    trace!(
+                        "Service {:?} has been restarted",
+                        self.factories[factory_id].name(token)
+                    );
+
+                    self.services[token].created(service);
+                    *running = Running::Unavailable;
+                }
+                // actively poll Conn channel and handle MioStream.
+                Running::Available => loop {
+                    match self.poll_ready(cx) {
+                        Ok(true) => {}
+                        Ok(false) => {
+                            trace!("Worker is unavailable");
+                            *running = Running::Unavailable;
+                        }
+                        Err((token, idx)) => {
+                            let restart = self.restart_service(token, idx);
+                            *running = Running::Restart(restart);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    match ready!(Pin::new(&mut self.rx).poll_recv(cx)) {
+                        Some(msg) => {
+                            let guard = self.counter.guard();
+                            let _ = self.services[msg.token].service.call((guard, msg.io));
+                        }
+                        None => return Poll::Ready(()),
+                    };
+                },
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// `Stop` message handler.
+    ///
+    /// Return Ready when worker should shutdown.
+    fn poll_stop(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<DelayShutdown>> {
+        match ready!(Pin::new(&mut self.rx2).poll_recv(cx)) {
+            Some(Stop { graceful, tx }) => {
+                self.rx2.close();
+
+                let num = self.counter.total();
+                if num == 0 {
+                    info!("Shutting down worker, 0 connections");
+                    let _ = tx.send(true);
+                    Poll::Ready(None)
+                } else if graceful {
+                    info!("Graceful worker shutdown, {} connections", num);
+                    self.shutdown(false);
+
+                    let shutdown = DelayShutdown {
+                        timer: Box::pin(sleep(Duration::from_secs(1))),
+                        start_from: Instant::now(),
+                        tx,
+                    };
+
+                    Poll::Ready(Some(shutdown))
+                } else {
+                    info!("Force shutdown worker, {} connections", num);
+                    self.shutdown(true);
+
+                    let _ = tx.send(false);
+                    Poll::Ready(None)
+                }
+            }
+            None => Poll::Pending,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Check readiness of services.
+    fn poll_ready(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Result<bool, (usize, usize)> {
+        let mut ready = true;
+        for (idx, srv) in self.services.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+            if srv.status == WorkerServiceStatus::Available
+                || srv.status == WorkerServiceStatus::Unavailable
+            {
+                match srv.service.poll_ready(cx) {
+                    Poll::Ready(Ok(_)) => {
+                        if srv.status == WorkerServiceStatus::Unavailable {
+                            trace!(
+                                "Service {:?} is available",
+                                self.factories[srv.factory].name(idx)
+                            );
+                            srv.status = WorkerServiceStatus::Available;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Poll::Pending => {
+                        ready = false;
+
+                        if srv.status == WorkerServiceStatus::Available {
+                            trace!(
+                                "Service {:?} is unavailable",
+                                self.factories[srv.factory].name(idx)
+                            );
+                            srv.status = WorkerServiceStatus::Unavailable;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Poll::Ready(Err(_)) => {
+                        error!(
+                            "Service {:?} readiness check returned error, restarting",
+                            self.factories[srv.factory].name(idx)
+                        );
+                        srv.status = WorkerServiceStatus::Failed;
+                        return Err((idx, srv.factory));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(ready)
+    }
+
+    /// Delay shutdown and drain all unhandled `Conn`.
+    fn poll_shutdown(
+        &mut self,
+        delay: &mut DelayShutdown,
+        running: &mut Running,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+    ) -> Poll<bool> {
+        if self.counter.total() == 0 {
+            // Graceful shutdown.
+            Poll::Ready(true)
+        } else if delay.start_from.elapsed() >= self.shutdown_timeout {
+            // Timeout forceful shutdown.
+            Poll::Ready(false)
+        } else {
+            // Poll Running state and try to drain all `Conn` from channel.
+            let _ = self.poll_running(running, cx);
+
+            // Wait for 1 second.
+            ready!(delay.timer.as_mut().poll(cx));
+
+            // Reset timer and try again.
+            let time = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(1);
+            delay.timer.as_mut().reset(time);
+
+            delay.timer.as_mut().poll(cx).map(|_| false)
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn restart_service(&mut self, idx: usize, factory_id: usize) -> Restart {
+        let factory = &self.factories[factory_id];
+        trace!("Service {:?} failed, restarting", factory.name(idx));
+        self.services[idx].status = WorkerServiceStatus::Restarting;
+        Restart {
+            factory_id,
+            token: idx,
+            fut: factory.create(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn shutdown(&mut self, force: bool) {
+        self.services
+            .iter_mut()
+            .filter(|srv| srv.status == WorkerServiceStatus::Available)
+            .for_each(|srv| {
+                srv.status = if force {
+                    WorkerServiceStatus::Stopped
+                } else {
+                    WorkerServiceStatus::Stopping
+                };
+            });
+    }
+}
+
 struct WorkerService {
     factory: usize,
     status: WorkerServiceStatus,
@@ -264,152 +564,21 @@ impl ServerWorkerConfig {
     }
 }
 
-impl ServerWorker {
-    pub(crate) fn start(
-        idx: usize,
-        factories: Vec<Box<dyn InternalServiceFactory>>,
-        waker_queue: WakerQueue,
-        config: ServerWorkerConfig,
-    ) -> (WorkerHandleAccept, WorkerHandleServer) {
-        let (tx1, rx) = unbounded_channel();
-        let (tx2, rx2) = unbounded_channel();
+enum WorkerState {
+    Running(Running),
+    DelayShutdown(DelayShutdown, Running),
+}
 
-        let counter = Counter::new(config.max_concurrent_connections);
-
-        let counter_clone = counter.clone();
-        // every worker runs in it's own arbiter.
-        // use a custom tokio runtime builder to change the settings of runtime.
-        Arbiter::with_tokio_rt(move || {
-            tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
-                .enable_all()
-                .max_blocking_threads(config.max_blocking_threads)
-                .build()
-                .unwrap()
-        })
-        .spawn(async move {
-            let fut = factories
-                .iter()
-                .enumerate()
-                .map(|(idx, factory)| {
-                    let fut = factory.create();
-                    async move { fut.await.map(|(t, s)| (idx, t, s)) }
-                })
-                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-
-            // a second spawn to run !Send future tasks.
-            spawn(async move {
-                let res = join_all(fut)
-                    .await
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>();
-                let services = match res {
-                    Ok(res) => res
-                        .into_iter()
-                        .fold(Vec::new(), |mut services, (factory, token, service)| {
-                            assert_eq!(token, services.len());
-                            services.push(WorkerService {
-                                factory,
-                                service,
-                                status: WorkerServiceStatus::Unavailable,
-                            });
-                            services
-                        })
-                        .into_boxed_slice(),
-                    Err(e) => {
-                        error!("Can not start worker: {:?}", e);
-                        Arbiter::current().stop();
-                        return;
-                    }
-                };
-
-                // a third spawn to make sure ServerWorker runs as non boxed future.
-                spawn(ServerWorker {
-                    rx,
-                    rx2,
-                    services,
-                    counter: WorkerCounter::new(idx, waker_queue, counter_clone),
-                    factories: factories.into_boxed_slice(),
-                    state: Default::default(),
-                    shutdown_timeout: config.shutdown_timeout,
-                });
-            });
-        });
-
-        handle_pair(idx, tx1, tx2, counter)
-    }
-
-    fn restart_service(&mut self, idx: usize, factory_id: usize) {
-        let factory = &self.factories[factory_id];
-        trace!("Service {:?} failed, restarting", factory.name(idx));
-        self.services[idx].status = WorkerServiceStatus::Restarting;
-        self.state = WorkerState::Restarting(Restart {
-            factory_id,
-            token: idx,
-            fut: factory.create(),
-        });
-    }
-
-    fn shutdown(&mut self, force: bool) {
-        self.services
-            .iter_mut()
-            .filter(|srv| srv.status == WorkerServiceStatus::Available)
-            .for_each(|srv| {
-                srv.status = if force {
-                    WorkerServiceStatus::Stopped
-                } else {
-                    WorkerServiceStatus::Stopping
-                };
-            });
-    }
-
-    fn check_readiness(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Result<bool, (usize, usize)> {
-        let mut ready = true;
-        for (idx, srv) in self.services.iter_mut().enumerate() {
-            if srv.status == WorkerServiceStatus::Available
-                || srv.status == WorkerServiceStatus::Unavailable
-            {
-                match srv.service.poll_ready(cx) {
-                    Poll::Ready(Ok(_)) => {
-                        if srv.status == WorkerServiceStatus::Unavailable {
-                            trace!(
-                                "Service {:?} is available",
-                                self.factories[srv.factory].name(idx)
-                            );
-                            srv.status = WorkerServiceStatus::Available;
-                        }
-                    }
-                    Poll::Pending => {
-                        ready = false;
-
-                        if srv.status == WorkerServiceStatus::Available {
-                            trace!(
-                                "Service {:?} is unavailable",
-                                self.factories[srv.factory].name(idx)
-                            );
-                            srv.status = WorkerServiceStatus::Unavailable;
-                        }
-                    }
-                    Poll::Ready(Err(_)) => {
-                        error!(
-                            "Service {:?} readiness check returned error, restarting",
-                            self.factories[srv.factory].name(idx)
-                        );
-                        srv.status = WorkerServiceStatus::Failed;
-                        return Err((idx, srv.factory));
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        Ok(ready)
+impl Default for WorkerState {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::Running(Running::Unavailable)
     }
 }
 
-enum WorkerState {
+enum Running {
     Available,
     Unavailable,
-    Restarting(Restart),
-    Shutdown(Shutdown),
+    Restart(Restart),
 }
 
 struct Restart {
@@ -418,22 +587,16 @@ struct Restart {
     fut: LocalBoxFuture<'static, Result<(usize, BoxedServerService), ()>>,
 }
 
-// Shutdown keep states necessary for server shutdown:
+// Keep states necessary for delayed server shutdown:
 // Sleep for interval check the shutdown progress.
 // Instant for the start time of shutdown.
-// Sender for send back the shutdown outcome(force/grace) to StopCommand caller.
-struct Shutdown {
+// Sender for send back the shutdown outcome(force/grace) to `Stop` caller.
+struct DelayShutdown {
     timer: Pin<Box<Sleep>>,
     start_from: Instant,
     tx: oneshot::Sender<bool>,
 }
 
-impl Default for WorkerState {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self::Unavailable
-    }
-}
-
 impl Drop for ServerWorker {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         // Stop the Arbiter ServerWorker runs on on drop.
@@ -447,115 +610,36 @@ impl Future for ServerWorker {
     fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
         let this = self.as_mut().get_mut();
 
-        // `StopWorker` message handler
-        if let Poll::Ready(Some(Stop { graceful, tx })) = Pin::new(&mut this.rx2).poll_recv(cx)
-        {
-            let num = this.counter.total();
-            if num == 0 {
-                info!("Shutting down worker, 0 connections");
-                let _ = tx.send(true);
-                return Poll::Ready(());
-            } else if graceful {
-                info!("Graceful worker shutdown, {} connections", num);
-                this.shutdown(false);
-
-                this.state = WorkerState::Shutdown(Shutdown {
-                    timer: Box::pin(sleep(Duration::from_secs(1))),
-                    start_from: Instant::now(),
-                    tx,
-                });
-            } else {
-                info!("Force shutdown worker, {} connections", num);
-                this.shutdown(true);
-
-                let _ = tx.send(false);
-                return Poll::Ready(());
+        // poll Stop message first.
+        match this.worker.poll_stop(cx) {
+            Poll::Pending => {}
+            Poll::Ready(None) => return Poll::Ready(()),
+            Poll::Ready(Some(delay)) => {
+                // Take running state and pass it to DelayShutdown.
+                // During shutdown there could be unhandled `Conn` message left in channel.
+                // They should be drainned and worker would try to handle them all until
+                // delay shutdown timeout met.
+                this.state = match mem::take(&mut this.state) {
+                    WorkerState::Running(running) => WorkerState::DelayShutdown(delay, running),
+                    _ => unreachable!(
+                        "Duplicate worker::Stop message sent to one worker::ServerWorker."
+                    ),
+                };
             }
         }
 
         match this.state {
-            WorkerState::Unavailable => match this.check_readiness(cx) {
-                Ok(true) => {
-                    this.state = WorkerState::Available;
-                    self.poll(cx)
+            WorkerState::Running(ref mut running) => this.worker.poll_running(running, cx),
+            WorkerState::DelayShutdown(ref mut delay, ref mut running) => {
+                let is_graceful = ready!(this.worker.poll_shutdown(delay, running, cx));
+
+                // Report back shutdown outcome to caller.
+                if let WorkerState::DelayShutdown(delay, _) = mem::take(&mut this.state) {
+                    let _ = delay.tx.send(is_graceful);
                 }
-                Ok(false) => Poll::Pending,
-                Err((token, idx)) => {
-                    this.restart_service(token, idx);
-                    self.poll(cx)
-                }
-            },
-            WorkerState::Restarting(ref mut restart) => {
-                let factory_id = restart.factory_id;
-                let token = restart.token;
 
-                let (token_new, service) = ready!(restart.fut.as_mut().poll(cx))
-                    .unwrap_or_else(|_| {
-                        panic!(
-                            "Can not restart {:?} service",
-                            this.factories[factory_id].name(token)
-                        )
-                    });
-
-                assert_eq!(token, token_new);
-
-                trace!(
-                    "Service {:?} has been restarted",
-                    this.factories[factory_id].name(token)
-                );
-
-                this.services[token].created(service);
-                this.state = WorkerState::Unavailable;
-
-                self.poll(cx)
+                Poll::Ready(())
             }
-            WorkerState::Shutdown(ref mut shutdown) => {
-                // Wait for 1 second.
-                ready!(shutdown.timer.as_mut().poll(cx));
-
-                if this.counter.total() == 0 {
-                    // Graceful shutdown.
-                    if let WorkerState::Shutdown(shutdown) = mem::take(&mut this.state) {
-                        let _ = shutdown.tx.send(true);
-                    }
-                    Poll::Ready(())
-                } else if shutdown.start_from.elapsed() >= this.shutdown_timeout {
-                    // Timeout forceful shutdown.
-                    if let WorkerState::Shutdown(shutdown) = mem::take(&mut this.state) {
-                        let _ = shutdown.tx.send(false);
-                    }
-                    Poll::Ready(())
-                } else {
-                    // Reset timer and wait for 1 second.
-                    let time = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(1);
-                    shutdown.timer.as_mut().reset(time);
-                    shutdown.timer.as_mut().poll(cx)
-                }
-            }
-            // actively poll stream and handle worker command
-            WorkerState::Available => loop {
-                match this.check_readiness(cx) {
-                    Ok(true) => {}
-                    Ok(false) => {
-                        trace!("Worker is unavailable");
-                        this.state = WorkerState::Unavailable;
-                        return self.poll(cx);
-                    }
-                    Err((token, idx)) => {
-                        this.restart_service(token, idx);
-                        return self.poll(cx);
-                    }
-                }
-
-                // handle incoming io stream
-                match ready!(Pin::new(&mut this.rx).poll_recv(cx)) {
-                    Some(msg) => {
-                        let guard = this.counter.guard();
-                        let _ = this.services[msg.token].service.call((guard, msg.io));
-                    }
-                    None => return Poll::Ready(()),
-                };
-            },
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/actix-server/tests/test_server.rs b/actix-server/tests/test_server.rs
index 83357be1..5d28998f 100644
--- a/actix-server/tests/test_server.rs
+++ b/actix-server/tests/test_server.rs
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ fn test_bind() {
                 .workers(1)
                 .disable_signals()
                 .shutdown_timeout(3600)
-                .bind("test", addr, move || fn_service(|_| ok::<_, ()>(())))
-                .unwrap()
+                .bind("test", addr, move || fn_service(|_| ok::<_, ()>(())))?
                 .run();
 
             let _ = tx.send(srv.clone());
@@ -51,15 +50,14 @@ fn test_listen() {
     let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
 
     let h = thread::spawn(move || {
-        let lst = net::TcpListener::bind(addr).unwrap();
-
         actix_rt::System::new().block_on(async {
+            let lst = net::TcpListener::bind(addr).unwrap();
+
             let srv = Server::build()
                 .disable_signals()
                 .shutdown_timeout(3600)
                 .workers(1)
-                .listen("test", lst, move || fn_service(|_| ok::<_, ()>(())))
-                .unwrap()
+                .listen("test", lst, move || fn_service(|_| ok::<_, ()>(())))?
                 .run();
 
             let _ = tx.send(srv.clone());