diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/src/http/curl/curl.cpp b/sdk/core/azure-core/src/http/curl/curl.cpp
index e7d1ccd19..f8467e0cc 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/src/http/curl/curl.cpp
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/src/http/curl/curl.cpp
@@ -557,6 +557,12 @@ CURLcode CurlConnection::SendBuffer(
     size_t bufferSize,
     Context const& context)
 {
+  // Once you've shutdown the connection, we can't send any more data (although we can continue to
+  // receive).
+  if (IsShutdown())
+  {
+    return CURLE_SEND_ERROR;
+  }
   for (size_t sentBytesTotal = 0; sentBytesTotal < bufferSize;)
   {
     // check cancelation for each chunk of data.
@@ -1065,16 +1071,6 @@ size_t CurlSession::OnRead(uint8_t* buffer, size_t count, Context const& context
   return totalRead;
 }
 
-void CurlConnection::Shutdown()
-{
-#if defined(AZ_PLATFORM_POSIX)
-  ::shutdown(m_curlSocket, SHUT_RDWR);
-#elif defined(AZ_PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
-  ::shutdown(m_curlSocket, SD_BOTH);
-#endif
-  CurlNetworkConnection::Shutdown();
-}
-
 // Read from socket and return the number of bytes taken from socket
 size_t CurlConnection::ReadFromSocket(uint8_t* buffer, size_t bufferSize, Context const& context)
 {
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/src/http/curl/curl_connection_private.hpp b/sdk/core/azure-core/src/http/curl/curl_connection_private.hpp
index 019dea9e7..ce6354a6c 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/src/http/curl/curl_connection_private.hpp
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/src/http/curl/curl_connection_private.hpp
@@ -230,8 +230,6 @@ namespace Azure { namespace Core {
        */
       CURLcode SendBuffer(uint8_t const* buffer, size_t bufferSize, Context const& context)
           override;
-
-      void Shutdown() override;
     };
   } // namespace Http
 }} // namespace Azure::Core
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/test/ut/curl_connection_pool_test.cpp b/sdk/core/azure-core/test/ut/curl_connection_pool_test.cpp
index 6ec133b8a..a02b2eec1 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/test/ut/curl_connection_pool_test.cpp
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/test/ut/curl_connection_pool_test.cpp
@@ -601,6 +601,29 @@ namespace Azure { namespace Core { namespace Test {
       }
     }
 
+    TEST(CurlConnectionPool, forceConnectionClosed)
+    {
+      Azure::Core::Http::Request req(
+          Azure::Core::Http::HttpMethod::Get, Azure::Core::Url(AzureSdkHttpbinServer::Status(101)));
+
+      Azure::Core::Http::CurlTransportOptions options;
+      auto connection
+          = CurlConnectionPool::g_curlConnectionPool.ExtractOrCreateCurlConnection(req, options);
+
+      {
+        // Check we can use the connection to retrieve headers in the response, but the connection
+        // is still flagged as shutdown.
+        auto session
+            = std::make_unique<Azure::Core::Http::CurlSession>(req, std::move(connection), options);
+
+        auto r = session->Perform(Azure::Core::Context::ApplicationContext);
+        EXPECT_EQ(CURLE_OK, r);
+        auto response = session->ExtractResponse();
+        EXPECT_EQ(response->GetStatusCode(), Azure::Core::Http::HttpStatusCode::SwitchingProtocols);
+        EXPECT_EQ("close", response->GetHeaders().find("Connection")->second);
+      }
+    }
+
     TEST(CurlConnectionPool, connectionClose)
     {
       /// When getting the header connection: close from an HTTP response, the connection should not
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/test/ut/transport_adapter_base_test.hpp b/sdk/core/azure-core/test/ut/transport_adapter_base_test.hpp
index 6c357ce9f..768ba5117 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/test/ut/transport_adapter_base_test.hpp
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/test/ut/transport_adapter_base_test.hpp
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ namespace Azure { namespace Core { namespace Test {
     inline static std::string Delete() { return Schema() + "://" + Host() + "/delete"; }
     inline static std::string Patch() { return Schema() + "://" + Host() + "/patch"; }
     inline static std::string Delay() { return Schema() + "://" + Host() + "/delay"; }
+    inline static std::string Status(int statusCode)
+    {
+      return Schema() + "://" + Host() + "/status/" + std::to_string(statusCode);
+    }
     inline static std::string Host() { return std::string(_detail::AzureSdkHttpbinServer); }
     inline static std::string Schema() { return std::string(_detail::AzureSdkHttpbinServerSchema); }
   };