diff --git a/node-api/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/nodeapi/internal/bridging/AMQPBridgeManager.kt b/node-api/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/nodeapi/internal/bridging/AMQPBridgeManager.kt
index 93ab5616de..2a4456ca36 100644
--- a/node-api/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/nodeapi/internal/bridging/AMQPBridgeManager.kt
+++ b/node-api/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/nodeapi/internal/bridging/AMQPBridgeManager.kt
@@ -201,9 +201,13 @@ open class AMQPBridgeManager(keyStore: CertificateStore,
                 logInfoWithMDC("Stopping Artemis because stopping AMQP bridge")
                 closeConsumer()
                 consumer = null
+                val closingSession = session
                 eventLoop.execute {
                     artemis(ArtemisState.STOPPING) {
-                        stopSession()
+                        stopSession(session)
+                        if(session != closingSession) {
+                            stopSession(closingSession)
+                        }
                         session = null
                         ArtemisState.STOPPED
                     }
@@ -271,19 +275,28 @@ open class AMQPBridgeManager(keyStore: CertificateStore,
                     logInfoWithMDC("Stopping Artemis because AMQP bridge disconnected")
                     closeConsumer()
                     consumer = null
+                    val closingSession = session
                     eventLoop.execute {
-                        artemis(ArtemisState.STOPPING) {
-                            stopSession()
-                            session = null
-                            when (precedingState) {
-                                ArtemisState.AMQP_STOPPED ->
-                                                   ArtemisState.STOPPED_AMQP_START_SCHEDULED(scheduledArtemis(artemisHeartbeatPlusBackoff,
-                                                                   TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS, ArtemisState.AMQP_STARTING) { startOutbound() })
-                                ArtemisState.AMQP_RESTARTED -> {
-                                    artemis(ArtemisState.AMQP_STARTING) { startOutbound() }
-                                    ArtemisState.AMQP_STARTING
+                        synchronized(artemis!!) {
+                            if (session == closingSession) {
+                                artemis(ArtemisState.STOPPING) {
+                                    stopSession(session)
+                                    session = null
+                                    when (precedingState) {
+                                        ArtemisState.AMQP_STOPPED ->
+                                            ArtemisState.STOPPED_AMQP_START_SCHEDULED(scheduledArtemis(artemisHeartbeatPlusBackoff,
+                                                    TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS, ArtemisState.AMQP_STARTING) { startOutbound() })
+
+                                        ArtemisState.AMQP_RESTARTED -> {
+                                            artemis(ArtemisState.AMQP_STARTING) { startOutbound() }
+                                            ArtemisState.AMQP_STARTING
+                                        }
+
+                                        else -> ArtemisState.STOPPED
+                                    }
                                 }
-                                else -> ArtemisState.STOPPED
+                            } else {
+                                stopSession(closingSession)
                             }
                         }
                     }
@@ -339,10 +352,10 @@ open class AMQPBridgeManager(keyStore: CertificateStore,
             }
         }
 
-        private fun stopSession(): Boolean {
+        private fun stopSession(localSession: ClientSession?): Boolean {
             var stopped = false
             try {
-                session?.apply {
+                localSession?.apply {
                     if (!isClosed) {
                         stop()
                     }
@@ -356,7 +369,7 @@ open class AMQPBridgeManager(keyStore: CertificateStore,
         }
 
         private fun restartSession(): Boolean {
-            if (!stopSession()) {
+            if (!stopSession(session)) {
                 // Session timed out stopping.  The request/responses can be out of sequence on the session now, so abandon it.
                 session = null
                 // The consumer is also dead now too as attached to the dead session.