diff --git a/lib/isc/netmgr/tcpdns.c b/lib/isc/netmgr/tcpdns.c
index de45754443..67e5a95cb4 100644
--- a/lib/isc/netmgr/tcpdns.c
+++ b/lib/isc/netmgr/tcpdns.c
@@ -1269,12 +1269,18 @@ isc__nm_async_tcpdnssend(isc__networker_t *worker, isc__netievent_t *ev0) {
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
+	if (!sock->client && sock->reading) {
+		sock->reading_throttled = true;
+		isc__nm_stop_reading(sock);
+	}
+
 	isc_log_write(isc_lctx, ISC_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL, ISC_LOGMODULE_NETMGR,
 		      ISC_LOG_DEBUG(3),
-		      "throttling TCP connection, the other side is not "
-		      "reading the data, switching to uv_write()");
-	sock->reading_throttled = true;
-	isc__nm_stop_reading(sock);
+		      "%sthe other side is not "
+		      "reading the data, switching to uv_write()",
+		      !sock->client && sock->reading
+			      ? "throttling TCP connection, "
+			      : "");
 
 	r = uv_write(&uvreq->uv_req.write, &sock->uv_handle.stream, bufs, nbufs,
 		     tcpdns_send_cb);
diff --git a/lib/isc/netmgr/tlsdns.c b/lib/isc/netmgr/tlsdns.c
index e0517da008..127e09a8a7 100644
--- a/lib/isc/netmgr/tlsdns.c
+++ b/lib/isc/netmgr/tlsdns.c
@@ -1377,13 +1377,18 @@ tls_cycle_output(isc_nmsocket_t *sock) {
 			break;
 		}
 
-		isc_log_write(
-			isc_lctx, ISC_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL, ISC_LOGMODULE_NETMGR,
-			ISC_LOG_DEBUG(3),
-			"throttling TCP connection, the other side is not "
-			"reading the data, switching to uv_write()");
-		sock->reading_throttled = true;
-		isc__nm_stop_reading(sock);
+		if (!sock->client && sock->reading) {
+			sock->reading_throttled = true;
+			isc__nm_stop_reading(sock);
+		}
+
+		isc_log_write(isc_lctx, ISC_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
+			      ISC_LOGMODULE_NETMGR, ISC_LOG_DEBUG(3),
+			      "%sthe other side is not "
+			      "reading the data, switching to uv_write()",
+			      !sock->client && sock->reading
+				      ? "throttling TCP connection, "
+				      : "");
 
 		r = uv_write(&req->uv_req.write, &sock->uv_handle.stream,
 			     &req->uvbuf, 1, tls_write_cb);