diff --git a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerImpl.java b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerImpl.java
index e7f86cfa2fe49..8b460262f5b1e 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerImpl.java
+++ b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/impl/ProducerImpl.java
@@ -371,9 +371,13 @@ public CompletableFuture<Void> closeAsync() {
 
         if (!isConnected()) {
             log.info("[{}] [{}] Closed Producer (not connected)", topic, producerName);
-            state.set(State.Closed);
-            client.cleanupProducer(this);
-            pendingMessages.forEach(msg -> msg.cmd.release());
+            synchronized (this) {
+                state.set(State.Closed);
+                client.cleanupProducer(this);
+                pendingMessages.forEach(msg -> msg.cmd.release());
+                pendingMessages.clear();
+            }
+
             return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
         }
 
@@ -398,9 +402,13 @@ public CompletableFuture<Void> closeAsync() {
             if (exception == null || !cnx.ctx().channel().isActive()) {
                 // Either we've received the success response for the close producer command from the broker, or the
                 // connection did break in the meantime. In any case, the producer is gone.
-                log.info("[{}] [{}] Closed Producer", topic, producerName);
-                state.set(State.Closed);
-                pendingMessages.forEach(msg -> msg.cmd.release());
+                synchronized (ProducerImpl.this) {
+                    log.info("[{}] [{}] Closed Producer", topic, producerName);
+                    state.set(State.Closed);
+                    pendingMessages.forEach(msg -> msg.cmd.release());
+                    pendingMessages.clear();
+                }
+
                 closeFuture.complete(null);
                 client.cleanupProducer(this);
             } else {