diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/bytestreams/ibb/InBandBytestreamSession.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/bytestreams/ibb/InBandBytestreamSession.java
index df783618f9..05bcbcd6f3 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/bytestreams/ibb/InBandBytestreamSession.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/bytestreams/ibb/InBandBytestreamSession.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
  * automatically if one of them is closed.
  *
  * @author Henning Staib
+ * @author Eng Chong Meng
  */
 public class InBandBytestreamSession implements BytestreamSession {
 
@@ -93,6 +94,9 @@ public class InBandBytestreamSession implements BytestreamSession {
     /* flag to indicate if session is closed */
     private boolean isClosed = false;
 
+    /* flag to indicate if session is already closed by peer */
+    private volatile boolean closedByPeer = false;
+
     /**
      * Constructor.
      *
@@ -188,6 +192,7 @@ protected void closeByPeer(Close closeRequest) throws NotConnectedException, Int
         this.inputStream.closeInternal();
         this.inputStream.cleanup();
         this.outputStream.closeInternal(false);
+        this.closedByPeer = true;
 
         // acknowledge close request
         IQ confirmClose = IQ.createResultIQ(closeRequest);
@@ -224,18 +229,19 @@ protected synchronized void closeByLocal(boolean in) throws IOException {
         if (this.inputStream.isClosed && this.outputStream.isClosed) {
             this.isClosed = true;
 
-            // send close request
-            Close close = new Close(this.byteStreamRequest.getSessionID());
-            close.setTo(this.remoteJID);
-            try {
-                connection.createStanzaCollectorAndSend(close).nextResultOrThrow();
-            }
-            catch (Exception e) {
-                // Sadly we are unable to use the IOException(Throwable) constructor because this
-                // constructor is only supported from Android API 9 on.
-                IOException ioException = new IOException();
-                ioException.initCause(e);
-                throw ioException;
+            // send close stream request if not already closed by peer
+            if (!closedByPeer) {
+                Close close = new Close(this.byteStreamRequest.getSessionID());
+                close.setTo(this.remoteJID);
+                try {
+                    connection.createStanzaCollectorAndSend(close).nextResultOrThrow();
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    // Sadly we are unable to use the IOException(Throwable) constructor because this
+                    // constructor is only supported from Android API 9 on.
+                    IOException ioException = new IOException();
+                    ioException.initCause(e);
+                    throw ioException;
+                }
             }
 
             this.inputStream.cleanup();