diff --git a/Sources/SocketForwarder/ConnectHandler.swift b/Sources/SocketForwarder/ConnectHandler.swift
index c55e3a53..a7589c24 100644
--- a/Sources/SocketForwarder/ConnectHandler.swift
+++ b/Sources/SocketForwarder/ConnectHandler.swift
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ extension ConnectHandler {
                 case .success(let channel):
                     guard context.channel.isActive else {
                         self.log?.trace("backend - frontend channel closed, closing backend connection")
-                        context.channel.close(promise: nil)
+                        channel.close(promise: nil)
                         return
                     }
                     self.log?.trace("backend - connected")