diff --git a/router/xgress/retransmitter.go b/router/xgress/retransmitter.go
index 797fc473c..99e587db3 100644
--- a/router/xgress/retransmitter.go
+++ b/router/xgress/retransmitter.go
@@ -140,8 +140,13 @@ func (retransmitter *Retransmitter) retransmitSender() {
 		case retransmit := <-retransmitter.retransmitSend:
 			if !retransmit.isAcked() {
 				if err := retransmitter.forwarder.ForwardPayload(retransmit.x.address, retransmit.payload); err != nil {
-					logger.WithError(err).Errorf("unexpected error while retransmitting payload from %v", retransmit.x.address)
-					retransmissionFailures.Mark(1)
+					// if xgress is closed, don't log the error. We still want to try retransmitting in case we're re-sending end of session
+					if !retransmit.x.closed.Get() {
+						logger.WithError(err).Errorf("unexpected error while retransmitting payload from %v", retransmit.x.address)
+						retransmissionFailures.Mark(1)
+					} else {
+						logger.WithError(err).Tracef("unexpected error while retransmitting payload from %v", retransmit.x.address)
+					}
 				} else {
 					retransmit.markSent()
 					retransmissions.Mark(1)