diff --git a/session.go b/session.go
index 06d20fa..8b151c9 100644
--- a/session.go
+++ b/session.go
@@ -535,8 +535,14 @@ func (s *Session) sendMsg(hdr header, body []byte, deadline <-chan struct{}) err
 // send is a long running goroutine that sends data
 func (s *Session) send() {
 	if err := s.sendLoop(); err != nil {
-		// Prefer the recvLoop error over the sendLoop error. The receive loop might have the error code
-		// received in a GoAway frame received just before the TCP RST that closed the sendLoop
+		// If we are shutting down because remote closed the connection, prefer the recvLoop error
+		// over the sendLoop error. The receive loop might have error code received in a GoAway frame,
+		// which was received just before the TCP RST that closed the sendLoop.
+		//
+		// If we are closing because of an write error, we use the error from the sendLoop and not the recvLoop.
+		// We hold the shutdownLock, close the connection, and wait for the receive loop to finish and
+		// use the sendLoop error. Holding the shutdownLock ensures that the recvLoop doesn't trigger connection close
+		// but the sendLoop does.
 		s.shutdownLock.Lock()
 		if s.shutdownErr == nil {
 			s.conn.Close()
diff --git a/session_test.go b/session_test.go
index dc6c3f0..8077e18 100644
--- a/session_test.go
+++ b/session_test.go
@@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ func TestStreamResetWithError(t *testing.T) {
 	defer server.Close()
 
 	wc := new(sync.WaitGroup)
-	wc.Add(2)
+	wc.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		defer wc.Done()
 		stream, err := server.AcceptStream()
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ func TestStreamResetWithError(t *testing.T) {
 		se := &StreamError{}
 		_, err = io.ReadAll(stream)
 		if !errors.As(err, &se) {
-			t.Errorf("exptected StreamError, got type:%T, err: %s", err, err)
+			t.Errorf("expected StreamError, got type:%T, err: %s", err, err)
 			return
 		}
 		expected := &StreamError{Remote: true, ErrorCode: 42}
@@ -1601,24 +1601,19 @@ func TestStreamResetWithError(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	go func() {
-		defer wc.Done()
-
-		se := &StreamError{}
-		_, err := io.ReadAll(stream)
-		if !errors.As(err, &se) {
-			t.Errorf("exptected StreamError, got type:%T, err: %s", err, err)
-			return
-		}
-		expected := &StreamError{Remote: false, ErrorCode: 42}
-		assert.Equal(t, se, expected)
-	}()
-
 	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 	err = stream.ResetWithError(42)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	se := &StreamError{}
+	_, err = io.ReadAll(stream)
+	if !errors.As(err, &se) {
+		t.Errorf("expected StreamError, got type:%T, err: %s", err, err)
+		return
+	}
+	expected := &StreamError{Remote: false, ErrorCode: 42}
+	assert.Equal(t, se, expected)
 	wc.Wait()
 }
 
diff --git a/stream.go b/stream.go
index 0835165..15a8b56 100644
--- a/stream.go
+++ b/stream.go
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ func (s *Stream) cleanup() {
 
 // processFlags is used to update the state of the stream
 // based on set flags, if any. Lock must be held
-func (s *Stream) processFlags(flags uint16, hdr header) {
+func (s *Stream) processFlags(hdr header, flags uint16) {
 	// Close the stream without holding the state lock
 	var closeStream bool
 	defer func() {
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ func (s *Stream) notifyWaiting() {
 
 // incrSendWindow updates the size of our send window
 func (s *Stream) incrSendWindow(hdr header, flags uint16) {
-	s.processFlags(flags, hdr)
+	s.processFlags(hdr, flags)
 	// Increase window, unblock a sender
 	atomic.AddUint32(&s.sendWindow, hdr.Length())
 	asyncNotify(s.sendNotifyCh)
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ func (s *Stream) incrSendWindow(hdr header, flags uint16) {
 
 // readData is used to handle a data frame
 func (s *Stream) readData(hdr header, flags uint16, conn io.Reader) error {
-	s.processFlags(flags, hdr)
+	s.processFlags(hdr, flags)
 
 	// Check that our recv window is not exceeded
 	length := hdr.Length()