diff --git a/Objects/genobject.c b/Objects/genobject.c
index ddf72cc..558f809 100644
--- a/Objects/genobject.c
+++ b/Objects/genobject.c
@@ -1931,9 +1931,17 @@
     return NULL;
 
 check_error:
-    if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_StopAsyncIteration)
-        || PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_GeneratorExit)
-    ) {
+    if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_StopAsyncIteration)) {
+        o->agt_state = AWAITABLE_STATE_CLOSED;
+        if (o->agt_args == NULL) {
+            /* when aclose() is called we don't want to propagate
+               StopAsyncIteration; just raise StopIteration, signalling
+               that 'aclose()' is done. */
+            PyErr_Clear();
+            PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
+        }
+    }
+    else if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_GeneratorExit)) {
         o->agt_state = AWAITABLE_STATE_CLOSED;
         PyErr_Clear();          /* ignore these errors */
         PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);