diff --git a/base/stream.jl b/base/stream.jl
index 7b227458ec552..c688232164040 100644
--- a/base/stream.jl
+++ b/base/stream.jl
@@ -665,75 +665,55 @@ end
 function uv_readcb(handle::Ptr{Cvoid}, nread::Cssize_t, buf::Ptr{Cvoid})
     stream_unknown_type = @handle_as handle LibuvStream
     nrequested = ccall(:jl_uv_buf_len, Csize_t, (Ptr{Cvoid},), buf)
+
     function readcb_specialized(stream::LibuvStream, nread::Int, nrequested::UInt)
         lock(stream.cond)
-        if nread < 0
-            if nread == UV_ENOBUFS && nrequested == 0
-                # remind the client that stream.buffer is full
-                notify(stream.cond)
-            elseif nread == UV_EOF # libuv called uv_stop_reading already
-                if stream.status != StatusClosing
-                    stream.status = StatusEOF
+        try
+            if nread < 0
+                if nread == UV_ENOBUFS && nrequested == 0
+                    # remind the client that stream.buffer is full
                     notify(stream.cond)
-                    if stream isa TTY
-                        # stream can still be used by reseteof (or possibly write)
-                    elseif !(stream isa PipeEndpoint) && ccall(:uv_is_writable, Cint, (Ptr{Cvoid},), stream.handle) != 0
-                        # stream can still be used by write
-                    else
-                        # underlying stream is no longer useful: begin finalization
-                        ccall(:jl_close_uv, Cvoid, (Ptr{Cvoid},), stream.handle)
-                        stream.status = StatusClosing
+                elseif nread == UV_EOF
+                    if stream.status != StatusClosing
+                        stream.status = StatusEOF
+                        notify(stream.cond)
+
+                        if stream isa TTY
+                            # still usable
+                        elseif !(stream isa PipeEndpoint) &&
+                               ccall(:uv_is_writable, Cint, (Ptr{Cvoid},), stream.handle) != 0
+                            # still writable
+                        else
+                            ccall(:jl_close_uv, Cvoid, (Ptr{Cvoid},), stream.handle)
+                            stream.status = StatusClosing
+                        end
                     end
+                else
+                    stream.readerror = _UVError("read", nread)
+                    notify(stream.cond)
+                    ccall(:jl_close_uv, Cvoid, (Ptr{Cvoid},), stream.handle)
+                    stream.status = StatusClosing
                 end
             else
-                stream.readerror = _UVError("read", nread)
+                notify_filled(stream.buffer, nread)
                 notify(stream.cond)
-                # This is a fatal connection error
-                ccall(:jl_close_uv, Cvoid, (Ptr{Cvoid},), stream.handle)
-                stream.status = StatusClosing
             end
-        else
-            notify_filled(stream.buffer, nread)
-            notify(stream.cond)
+        finally
+            unlock(stream.cond)
         end
-        unlock(stream.cond)
 
-        # Stop background reading when
-        # 1) there's nobody paying attention to the data we are reading
-        # 2) we have accumulated a lot of unread data OR
-        # 3) we have an alternate buffer that has reached its limit.
         if stream.status == StatusPaused ||
            (stream.status == StatusActive &&
             ((bytesavailable(stream.buffer) >= stream.throttle) ||
              (bytesavailable(stream.buffer) >= stream.buffer.maxsize)))
-            # save cycles by stopping kernel notifications from arriving
             ccall(:uv_read_stop, Cint, (Ptr{Cvoid},), stream)
             stream.status = StatusOpen
         end
-        nothing
-    end
-    readcb_specialized(stream_unknown_type, Int(nread), UInt(nrequested))
-    nothing
-end
 
-function reseteof(x::TTY)
-    iolock_begin()
-    if x.status == StatusEOF
-        x.status = StatusOpen
+        nothing
     end
-    iolock_end()
-    nothing
-end
 
-function _uv_hook_close(uv::Union{LibuvStream, LibuvServer})
-    lock(uv.cond)
-    try
-        uv.status = StatusClosed
-        # notify any listeners that exist on this libuv stream type
-        notify(uv.cond)
-    finally
-        unlock(uv.cond)
-    end
+    readcb_specialized(stream_unknown_type, Int(nread), UInt(nrequested))
     nothing
 end
 
diff --git a/stdlib/Sockets/test/runtests.jl b/stdlib/Sockets/test/runtests.jl
index 2565dc180eba7..b2d27228dd645 100644
--- a/stdlib/Sockets/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Sockets/test/runtests.jl
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ defaultport = rand(2000:4000)
         wait(tsk)
     end
 
-    mktempdir() do tmpdir
+       mktempdir() do tmpdir
         socketname = Sys.iswindows() ? ("\\\\.\\pipe\\uv-test-" * randstring(6)) : joinpath(tmpdir, "socket")
         local nconn = 0
         srv = listen(socketname)
@@ -192,8 +192,38 @@ defaultport = rand(2000:4000)
         wait(t)
         @test read(conn, String) == ""
     end
+
+    @static if !Sys.iswindows()
+        @testset "Unix domain socket half-close preserves writeability" begin
+            dir  = mktempdir()
+            sock = joinpath(dir, "halfclose.sock")
+
+            server = listen(sock)
+
+            t = Threads.@spawn begin
+                c = accept(server)
+                read(c, String)          # peer shutdown(SHUT_WR)
+                write(c, "pong\n")       # MUST still succeed
+                flush(c)
+                close(c)
+                close(server)
+                :ok
+            end
+
+            out = read(pipeline(
+                `socat -t 1 - UNIX-CONNECT:$sock`,
+                stdin = IOBuffer("ping\n"),
+            ), String)
+
+            srv = fetch(t)
+
+            @test out == "pong\n"
+            @test srv == :ok
+        end
+    end
 end
 
+
 @testset "getsockname errors" begin
     sock = TCPSocket()
     serv = Sockets.TCPServer()