diff --git a/lib/vtls/schannel.c b/lib/vtls/schannel.c
index 1fc3381a78..92186f6fe1 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/schannel.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/schannel.c
@@ -2319,6 +2319,11 @@ schannel_recv(struct Curl_cfilter *cf, struct Curl_easy *data,
         backend->recv_sspi_close_notify = TRUE;
         if(!backend->recv_connection_closed)
           backend->recv_connection_closed = TRUE;
+        /* We received the close notify just fine, any error we got
+         * from the lower filters afterwards (e.g. the socket), is not
+         * an error on the TLS data stream. That one ended here. */
+        if(*err == CURLE_RECV_ERROR)
+          *err = CURLE_OK;
         infof(data,
               "schannel: server close notification received (close_notify)");
         goto cleanup;