diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/thread_pool/queue/global.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/thread_pool/queue/global.rs
index a6f49c016..36dcc729e 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/thread_pool/queue/global.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/thread_pool/queue/global.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ impl<T: 'static> Queue<T> {
             // Check if the queue is closed. This must happen in the lock.
             let len = self.len.unsync_load();
             if len & CLOSED == CLOSED {
+                drop(p);
                 f(Err(task));
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/thread_pool/tests/loom_pool.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/thread_pool/tests/loom_pool.rs
index aee66e7f6..0394db166 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/thread_pool/tests/loom_pool.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/thread_pool/tests/loom_pool.rs
@@ -168,6 +168,33 @@ fn complete_block_on_under_load() {
     });
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn shutdown_with_notification() {
+    use crate::stream::StreamExt;
+    use crate::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
+
+    loom::model(|| {
+        let rt = mk_pool(2);
+        let (done_tx, done_rx) = oneshot::channel::<()>();
+
+        rt.spawn(async move {
+            let (mut tx, mut rx) = mpsc::channel::<()>(10);
+
+            crate::spawn(async move {
+                crate::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+                    let _ = tx.try_send(());
+                });
+
+                let _ = done_rx.await;
+            });
+
+            while let Some(_) = rx.next().await {}
+
+            let _ = done_tx.send(());
+        });
+    });
+}
+
 fn mk_pool(num_threads: usize) -> Runtime {
     runtime::Builder::new()
         .threaded_scheduler()