diff --git a/lib/websocket.js b/lib/websocket.js
index f0b6eb531..aac87296f 100644
--- a/lib/websocket.js
+++ b/lib/websocket.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/* eslint no-unused-vars: ["error", { "varsIgnorePattern": "^Readable$" }] */
+
 'use strict';
 
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
@@ -6,6 +8,7 @@ const http = require('http');
 const net = require('net');
 const tls = require('tls');
 const { randomBytes, createHash } = require('crypto');
+const { Readable } = require('stream');
 const { URL } = require('url');
 
 const PerMessageDeflate = require('./permessage-deflate');
@@ -954,7 +957,7 @@ function receiverOnConclude(code, reason) {
   const websocket = this[kWebSocket];
 
   websocket._socket.removeListener('data', socketOnData);
-  websocket._socket.resume();
+  process.nextTick(resume, websocket._socket);
 
   websocket._closeFrameReceived = true;
   websocket._closeMessage = reason;
@@ -983,7 +986,12 @@ function receiverOnError(err) {
   const websocket = this[kWebSocket];
 
   websocket._socket.removeListener('data', socketOnData);
-  websocket._socket.resume();
+
+  //
+  // On Node.js < 14.0.0 the `'error'` event is emitted synchronously. See
+  // https://github.com/websockets/ws/issues/1940.
+  //
+  process.nextTick(resume, websocket._socket);
 
   websocket.close(err[kStatusCode]);
   websocket.emit('error', err);
@@ -1032,6 +1040,16 @@ function receiverOnPong(data) {
   this[kWebSocket].emit('pong', data);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resume a readable stream
+ *
+ * @param {Readable} stream The readable stream
+ * @private
+ */
+function resume(stream) {
+  stream.resume();
+}
+
 /**
  * The listener of the `net.Socket` `'close'` event.
  *
diff --git a/test/websocket.test.js b/test/websocket.test.js
index 888a57715..4b85c7948 100644
--- a/test/websocket.test.js
+++ b/test/websocket.test.js
@@ -3308,7 +3308,7 @@ describe('WebSocket', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('Connection close edge cases', () => {
+  describe('Connection close', () => {
     it('closes cleanly after simultaneous errors (1/2)', (done) => {
       let clientCloseEventEmitted = false;
       let serverClientCloseEventEmitted = false;
@@ -3420,5 +3420,59 @@ describe('WebSocket', () => {
         });
       });
     });
+
+    it('resumes the socket when an error occurs', (done) => {
+      const maxPayload = 16 * 1024;
+      const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ maxPayload, port: 0 }, () => {
+        const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
+      });
+
+      wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
+        const list = [
+          ...Sender.frame(Buffer.alloc(maxPayload + 1), {
+            fin: true,
+            opcode: 0x02,
+            mask: true,
+            readOnly: false
+          })
+        ];
+
+        ws.on('error', (err) => {
+          assert.ok(err instanceof RangeError);
+          assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'WS_ERR_UNSUPPORTED_MESSAGE_LENGTH');
+          assert.strictEqual(err.message, 'Max payload size exceeded');
+
+          ws.on('close', (code, reason) => {
+            assert.strictEqual(code, 1006);
+            assert.strictEqual(reason, EMPTY_BUFFER);
+            wss.close(done);
+          });
+        });
+
+        ws._socket.push(Buffer.concat(list));
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('resumes the socket when the close frame is received', (done) => {
+      const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, () => {
+        const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
+      });
+
+      wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
+        const opts = { fin: true, mask: true, readOnly: false };
+        const list = [
+          ...Sender.frame(Buffer.alloc(16 * 1024), { opcode: 0x02, ...opts }),
+          ...Sender.frame(EMPTY_BUFFER, { opcode: 0x08, ...opts })
+        ];
+
+        ws.on('close', (code, reason) => {
+          assert.strictEqual(code, 1005);
+          assert.strictEqual(reason, EMPTY_BUFFER);
+          wss.close(done);
+        });
+
+        ws._socket.push(Buffer.concat(list));
+      });
+    });
   });
 });