diff --git a/packages/pg-pool/index.js b/packages/pg-pool/index.js
index 00f55b4da..97728b366 100644
--- a/packages/pg-pool/index.js
+++ b/packages/pg-pool/index.js
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class Pool extends EventEmitter {
     client._poolUseCount = (client._poolUseCount || 0) + 1
 
     // TODO(bmc): expose a proper, public interface _queryable and _ending
-    if (err || this.ending || !client._queryable || client._ending || client._poolUseCount >= this.options.maxUses) {
+    if (err || this.ending || !client._queryable || client._ending || client._poolUseCount >= this.options.maxUses || (client && client.activeQuery && client.activeQuery.cursor)) {
       if (client._poolUseCount >= this.options.maxUses) {
         this.log('remove expended client')
       }
diff --git a/packages/pg-query-stream/test/error.ts b/packages/pg-query-stream/test/error.ts
index 220a52485..580272d74 100644
--- a/packages/pg-query-stream/test/error.ts
+++ b/packages/pg-query-stream/test/error.ts
@@ -89,4 +89,97 @@ describe('error recovery', () => {
       await client.end()
     })
   })
+
+  it.only('should work if used after timeout error', async () => {
+    const pool = new Pool({ max: 1, connectionTimeoutMillis: 400, statement_timeout: 400 });
+
+    const res1 = await pool.query('SELECT 1 AS a');
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(res1.rows, [ { a:1 } ]);
+
+    const query = new QueryStream('SELECT 2 AS b');
+    const client = await pool.connect();
+    const stream = await client.query(query);
+
+    await assert.rejects(() => pool.query('SELECT TRUE'), { message: 'timeout exceeded when trying to connect' });
+
+    await stream.destroy();
+    if(process.env.WAIT_AFTER_CLOSE === '1') await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
+
+    if(process.env.WAIT_AFTER_CLOSE === '2') {
+      await new Promise(resolve => stream.once('close', resolve));
+    }
+
+    await client.release();
+
+    const res2 = await pool.query('SELECT 4 AS d');
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(res2.rows, [ { d:4 } ]);
+
+    await pool.end();
+  })
+
+  it.only('should work if used after syntax error', async () => {
+    const pool = new Pool({ max: 1, statement_timeout: 100 }); // statement_timeout is required here, so maybe this is just another timeout error?
+
+    const res1 = await pool.query('SELECT 1 AS a');
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(res1.rows, [ { a:1 } ]);
+
+    const query = new QueryStream('SELECT 2 AS b');
+    const client = await pool.connect();
+    const stream = await client.query(query);
+
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 10));
+
+    await stream.destroy();
+    if(process.env.WAIT_AFTER_CLOSE === '1') await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
+
+    if(process.env.WAIT_AFTER_CLOSE === '2') {
+      await new Promise(resolve => stream.once('close', resolve));
+    }
+
+    await client.release();
+
+    const res2 = await pool.query('SELECT 4 AS d');
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(res2.rows, [ { d:4 } ]);
+
+    await pool.end();
+  })
+
+  it.only('should work after cancelling query', async () => {
+    const pool = new Pool();
+    const conn = await pool.connect();
+
+    // Get connection PID for sake of pg_cancel_backend() call
+    const result = await conn.query('SELECT pg_backend_pid() AS pid;');
+    const { pid } = result.rows[0];
+
+    const stream = conn.query(new QueryStream('SELECT pg_sleep(10);'));
+    stream.on('data', (chunk) => {
+      // Switches stream into readableFlowing === true mode
+    });
+    stream.on('error', (err) => {
+      // Errors are expected due to pg_cancel_backend() call
+    });
+
+    // Create a promise that is resolved when the stream is closed
+    const closed = new Promise((res) => {
+      stream.on('close', res);
+    });
+
+    // Wait 100ms before cancelling the query
+    await new Promise((res) => setTimeout(res, 100));
+
+    // Cancel pg_sleep(10) query
+    await pool.query('SELECT pg_cancel_backend($1);', [pid]);
+
+    // Destroy stream and wait for it to be closed
+    stream.destroy();
+    await closed;
+
+    // Subsequent query on same connection should succeed
+    const res = await conn.query('SELECT 1 AS a;');
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(res.rows, [ { a:1 } ]);
+
+    conn.release()
+    await pool.end()
+  })
 })