diff --git a/actix-http/CHANGES.md b/actix-http/CHANGES.md
index 718f67922..f203e3f46 100644
--- a/actix-http/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-http/CHANGES.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
 - Properly wake Payload receivers when feeding errors or EOF
+- Shutdown connections when HTTP Responses are written without reading full Requests
 
 ## 3.11.1
 
diff --git a/actix-http/src/h1/dispatcher.rs b/actix-http/src/h1/dispatcher.rs
index 3f0b78af4..0abd6226a 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/h1/dispatcher.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/h1/dispatcher.rs
@@ -386,7 +386,14 @@ where
         let mut this = self.project();
         this.state.set(match size {
             BodySize::None | BodySize::Sized(0) => {
-                this.flags.insert(Flags::FINISHED);
+                let payload_unfinished = this.payload.is_some();
+
+                if payload_unfinished {
+                    this.flags.insert(Flags::SHUTDOWN | Flags::FINISHED);
+                } else {
+                    this.flags.insert(Flags::FINISHED);
+                }
+
                 State::None
             }
             _ => State::SendPayload { body },
@@ -404,7 +411,14 @@ where
         let mut this = self.project();
         this.state.set(match size {
             BodySize::None | BodySize::Sized(0) => {
-                this.flags.insert(Flags::FINISHED);
+                let payload_unfinished = this.payload.is_some();
+
+                if payload_unfinished {
+                    this.flags.insert(Flags::SHUTDOWN | Flags::FINISHED);
+                } else {
+                    this.flags.insert(Flags::FINISHED);
+                }
+
                 State::None
             }
             _ => State::SendErrorPayload { body },
@@ -503,10 +517,22 @@ where
                             Poll::Ready(None) => {
                                 this.codec.encode(Message::Chunk(None), this.write_buf)?;
 
+                                // if we have not yet pipelined to the next request, then
+                                // this.payload was the payload for the request we just finished
+                                // responding to. We can check to see if we finished reading it
+                                // yet, and if not, shutdown the connection.
+                                let payload_unfinished = this.payload.is_some();
+                                let not_pipelined = this.messages.is_empty();
+
                                 // payload stream finished.
                                 // set state to None and handle next message
                                 this.state.set(State::None);
-                                this.flags.insert(Flags::FINISHED);
+
+                                if not_pipelined && payload_unfinished {
+                                    this.flags.insert(Flags::SHUTDOWN | Flags::FINISHED);
+                                } else {
+                                    this.flags.insert(Flags::FINISHED);
+                                }
 
                                 continue 'res;
                             }
@@ -542,10 +568,22 @@ where
                             Poll::Ready(None) => {
                                 this.codec.encode(Message::Chunk(None), this.write_buf)?;
 
-                                // payload stream finished
+                                // if we have not yet pipelined to the next request, then
+                                // this.payload was the payload for the request we just finished
+                                // responding to. We can check to see if we finished reading it
+                                // yet, and if not, shutdown the connection.
+                                let payload_unfinished = this.payload.is_some();
+                                let not_pipelined = this.messages.is_empty();
+
+                                // payload stream finished.
                                 // set state to None and handle next message
                                 this.state.set(State::None);
-                                this.flags.insert(Flags::FINISHED);
+
+                                if not_pipelined && payload_unfinished {
+                                    this.flags.insert(Flags::SHUTDOWN | Flags::FINISHED);
+                                } else {
+                                    this.flags.insert(Flags::FINISHED);
+                                }
 
                                 continue 'res;
                             }
diff --git a/actix-http/src/h1/dispatcher_tests.rs b/actix-http/src/h1/dispatcher_tests.rs
index 50259e6ce..267b5be70 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/h1/dispatcher_tests.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/h1/dispatcher_tests.rs
@@ -509,6 +509,73 @@ async fn pipelining_ok_then_ok() {
     .await;
 }
 
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn early_response_with_payload_closes_connection() {
+    lazy(|cx| {
+        let buf = TestBuffer::new(
+            "\
+                GET /unfinished HTTP/1.1\r\n\
+                Content-Length: 2\r\n\
+                \r\n\
+                ",
+        );
+
+        let cfg = ServiceConfig::new(
+            KeepAlive::Os,
+            Duration::from_millis(1),
+            Duration::from_millis(1),
+            false,
+            None,
+        );
+
+        let services = HttpFlow::new(echo_path_service(), ExpectHandler, None);
+
+        let h1 = Dispatcher::<_, _, _, _, UpgradeHandler>::new(
+            buf.clone(),
+            services,
+            cfg,
+            None,
+            OnConnectData::default(),
+        );
+
+        pin!(h1);
+
+        assert!(matches!(&h1.inner, DispatcherState::Normal { .. }));
+
+        match h1.as_mut().poll(cx) {
+            Poll::Pending => panic!("Should have shut down"),
+            Poll::Ready(res) => assert!(res.is_ok()),
+        }
+
+        // polls: initial => shutdown
+        assert_eq!(h1.poll_count, 2);
+
+        {
+            let mut res = buf.write_buf_slice_mut();
+            stabilize_date_header(&mut res);
+            let res = &res[..];
+
+            let exp = b"\
+                HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\
+                content-length: 11\r\n\
+                date: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:34:56 UTC\r\n\r\n\
+                /unfinished\
+                ";
+
+            assert_eq!(
+                res,
+                exp,
+                "\nexpected response not in write buffer:\n\
+               response: {:?}\n\
+               expected: {:?}",
+                String::from_utf8_lossy(res),
+                String::from_utf8_lossy(exp)
+            );
+        }
+    })
+    .await;
+}
+
 #[actix_rt::test]
 async fn pipelining_ok_then_bad() {
     lazy(|cx| {