diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/application/resource/ResourceHandlerImpl.java b/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/application/resource/ResourceHandlerImpl.java
index e7b90a5deb..a26ab77331 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/application/resource/ResourceHandlerImpl.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/com/sun/faces/application/resource/ResourceHandlerImpl.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.channels.Channels;
+import java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException;
 import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
 import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -341,6 +342,10 @@ public void handleResourceRequest(FacesContext context) throws IOException {
     }
 
     private static boolean isConnectionAbort(IOException ioe) {
+        if (ioe instanceof ClosedChannelException) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         String exceptionClassName = ioe.getClass().getCanonicalName();
 
         if (exceptionClassName.equals("org.apache.catalina.connector.ClientAbortException") ||