diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xml/TagWriter.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xml/TagWriter.java
index bdd50aa34..df062b8cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xml/TagWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xml/TagWriter.java
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import android.util.Log;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import eu.siacs.conversations.Config;
 import eu.siacs.conversations.xmpp.stanzas.AbstractStanza;
@@ -15,14 +17,16 @@ public class TagWriter {
 	private OutputStreamWriter outputStream;
 	private boolean finished = false;
 	private LinkedBlockingQueue<AbstractStanza> writeQueue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<AbstractStanza>();
+	private CountDownLatch stanzaWriterCountDownLatch = null;
 
 	private Thread asyncStanzaWriter = new Thread() {
 
 		@Override
 		public void run() {
+			stanzaWriterCountDownLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
 			while (!isInterrupted()) {
 				if (finished && writeQueue.size() == 0) {
-					return;
+					break;
 				}
 				try {
 					AbstractStanza output = writeQueue.take();
@@ -31,10 +35,12 @@ public class TagWriter {
 						outputStream.flush();
 					}
 				} catch (Exception e) {
-					return;
+					break;
 				}
 			}
+			stanzaWriterCountDownLatch.countDown();
 		}
+
 	};
 
 	public TagWriter() {
@@ -95,8 +101,12 @@ public class TagWriter {
 		this.finished = true;
 	}
 
-	public boolean finished() {
-		return (this.writeQueue.size() == 0);
+	public boolean await(long timeout, TimeUnit timeunit) throws InterruptedException {
+		if (stanzaWriterCountDownLatch == null) {
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			return stanzaWriterCountDownLatch.await(timeout, timeunit);
+		}
 	}
 
 	public boolean isActive() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/XmppConnection.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/XmppConnection.java
index a4facf5b7..2307b3a01 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/XmppConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/XmppConnection.java
@@ -1487,9 +1487,7 @@ public class XmppConnection implements Runnable {
 				final Socket currentSocket = this.socket;
 				final CountDownLatch streamCountDownLatch = this.mStreamCountDownLatch;
 				try {
-					for (int i = 0; i <= 10 && !currentTagWriter.finished() && !currentSocket.isClosed(); ++i) {
-						Thread.sleep(100);
-					}
+					currentTagWriter.await(1,TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 					Log.d(Config.LOGTAG, account.getJid().toBareJid() + ": closing stream");
 					currentTagWriter.writeTag(Tag.end("stream:stream"));
 					if (streamCountDownLatch != null) {
@@ -1512,14 +1510,6 @@ public class XmppConnection implements Runnable {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private static void uninterruptedSleep(int time) {
-		try {
-			Thread.sleep(time);
-		} catch (InterruptedException e) {
-			//ignore
-		}
-	}
-
 	public void resetStreamId() {
 		this.streamId = null;
 	}