diff --git a/PhpAmqpLib/Wire/IO/StreamIO.php b/PhpAmqpLib/Wire/IO/StreamIO.php
index 68278bcdf..9e3b34453 100644
--- a/PhpAmqpLib/Wire/IO/StreamIO.php
+++ b/PhpAmqpLib/Wire/IO/StreamIO.php
@@ -353,6 +353,9 @@ public function close()
             fclose($this->sock);
         }
         $this->sock = null;
+        // Reset last_read and last_write
+        $this->last_read = null;
+        $this->last_write = null;
     }
 
     /**