diff --git a/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOM-test.js b/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOM-test.js
index b59eb05c7b3fb..febb5faf4ccec 100644
--- a/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOM-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/__tests__/ReactFlightDOM-test.js
@@ -3084,4 +3084,54 @@ describe('ReactFlightDOM', () => {
       </div>,
     );
   });
+
+  it('rejecting a thenable after an abort before flush should not lead to a frozen readable', async () => {
+    const ClientComponent = clientExports(function (props: {
+      promise: Promise<void>,
+    }) {
+      return 'hello world';
+    });
+
+    let reject;
+    const promise = new Promise((_, re) => {
+      reject = re;
+    });
+
+    function App() {
+      return (
+        <div>
+          <Suspense fallback="loading...">
+            <ClientComponent promise={promise} />
+          </Suspense>
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+
+    const errors = [];
+    const {writable, readable} = getTestStream();
+    const {pipe, abort} = await serverAct(() =>
+      ReactServerDOMServer.renderToPipeableStream(<App />, webpackMap, {
+        onError(x) {
+          errors.push(x);
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+    await serverAct(() => {
+      abort('STOP');
+      reject('STOP');
+    });
+    pipe(writable);
+
+    const reader = readable.getReader();
+    while (true) {
+      const {done} = await reader.read();
+      if (done) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    expect(errors).toEqual(['STOP']);
+
+    // We expect it to get to the end here rather than hang on the reader.
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react-server/src/ReactFlightServer.js b/packages/react-server/src/ReactFlightServer.js
index 0b1a4d3c7fee1..6ac9cbc8fee03 100644
--- a/packages/react-server/src/ReactFlightServer.js
+++ b/packages/react-server/src/ReactFlightServer.js
@@ -693,22 +693,27 @@ function serializeThenable(
       pingTask(request, newTask);
     },
     reason => {
-      if (
-        enablePostpone &&
-        typeof reason === 'object' &&
-        reason !== null &&
-        (reason: any).$$typeof === REACT_POSTPONE_TYPE
-      ) {
-        const postponeInstance: Postpone = (reason: any);
-        logPostpone(request, postponeInstance.message, newTask);
-        emitPostponeChunk(request, newTask.id, postponeInstance);
-      } else {
-        const digest = logRecoverableError(request, reason, newTask);
-        emitErrorChunk(request, newTask.id, digest, reason);
+      if (newTask.status === PENDING) {
+        // We expect that the only status it might be otherwise is ABORTED.
+        // When we abort we emit chunks in each pending task slot and don't need
+        // to do so again here.
+        if (
+          enablePostpone &&
+          typeof reason === 'object' &&
+          reason !== null &&
+          (reason: any).$$typeof === REACT_POSTPONE_TYPE
+        ) {
+          const postponeInstance: Postpone = (reason: any);
+          logPostpone(request, postponeInstance.message, newTask);
+          emitPostponeChunk(request, newTask.id, postponeInstance);
+        } else {
+          const digest = logRecoverableError(request, reason, newTask);
+          emitErrorChunk(request, newTask.id, digest, reason);
+        }
+        newTask.status = ERRORED;
+        request.abortableTasks.delete(newTask);
+        enqueueFlush(request);
       }
-      newTask.status = ERRORED;
-      request.abortableTasks.delete(newTask);
-      enqueueFlush(request);
     },
   );