diff --git a/protocol/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/protocol/ProtocolChannelClient.java b/protocol/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/protocol/ProtocolChannelClient.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/protocol/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/protocol/ProtocolChannelClient.java
+++ b/protocol/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/protocol/ProtocolChannelClient.java
@@ -151,11 +151,11 @@ public class ProtocolChannelClient<T extends ProtocolChannel> implements Closeab
                 channel.writeShutdown();
             } catch (IOException ignore) {
             }
-            try {
-                channel.awaitClosed();
-            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-            }
+//            try {
+//                channel.awaitClosed();
+//            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+//                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+//            }
         }
         channels.clear();
Get it working again with 'Connection reset by peer' errors by commenting out the awaitClosed() in the client