diff --git a/src/protocol/protocol.ts b/src/protocol/protocol.ts
index cb4da86..51aad19 100644
--- a/src/protocol/protocol.ts
+++ b/src/protocol/protocol.ts
@@ -109,24 +109,38 @@ export class WireProtocol {
     if (this.#isPendingResponse) return;
     this.#isPendingResponse = true;
     while (this.#pendingResponses.size > 0) {
-      const headerBuffer = await this.read_socket(16);
-      if (!headerBuffer) {
-        throw new MongoDriverError("Invalid response header");
-      }
-      const header = parseHeader(headerBuffer);
-      let bodyBytes = header.messageLength - 16;
-      if (bodyBytes < 0) bodyBytes = 0;
-      const bodyBuffer = await this.read_socket(header.messageLength - 16);
-      if (!bodyBuffer) {
-        throw new MongoDriverError("Invalid response body");
-      }
-      const pendingMessage = this.#pendingResponses.get(header.responseTo);
-      this.#pendingResponses.delete(header.responseTo);
       try {
-        const reply = deserializeMessage(header, bodyBuffer);
-        pendingMessage?.resolve(reply);
-      } catch (e) {
-        pendingMessage?.reject(e);
+        const headerBuffer = await this.read_socket(16);
+        if (!headerBuffer) {
+          throw new MongoDriverError("Invalid response header");
+        }
+        const header = parseHeader(headerBuffer);
+        let bodyBytes = header.messageLength - 16;
+        if (bodyBytes < 0) bodyBytes = 0;
+        const bodyBuffer = await this.read_socket(header.messageLength - 16);
+        if (!bodyBuffer) {
+          throw new MongoDriverError("Invalid response body");
+        }
+        const pendingMessage = this.#pendingResponses.get(header.responseTo);
+        this.#pendingResponses.delete(header.responseTo);
+        try {
+          const reply = deserializeMessage(header, bodyBuffer);
+          pendingMessage?.resolve(reply);
+        } catch (e) {
+          pendingMessage?.reject(e);
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        // If an error occurred in the above block, we won't be able to know for
+        // sure which specific message triggered the error.
+        // Though since the state appears to be so broken that we can't even
+        // read the header anymore, it's likely that the connection has
+        // simply closed.
+        // We'll just reject all pending messages so that the user can
+        // handle these themselves.
+        for (const pendingMessage of this.#pendingResponses.values()) {
+          pendingMessage.reject(error);
+        }
+        this.#pendingResponses.clear();
       }
     }
     this.#isPendingResponse = false;