diff --git a/jetstream/pull.go b/jetstream/pull.go
index bb5479aa0..3196ad519 100644
--- a/jetstream/pull.go
+++ b/jetstream/pull.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type (
 	// It is returned by [Consumer.Messages] method.
 	MessagesContext interface {
 		// Next retrieves next message on a stream. It will block until the next
-		// message is available. If the context is cancelled, Next will return
+		// message is available. If the context is canceled, Next will return
 		// ErrMsgIteratorClosed error.
 		Next() (Msg, error)
 
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 // Next retrieves next message on a stream. It will block until the next
-// message is available. If the context is cancelled, Next will return
+// message is available. If the context is canceled, Next will return
 // ErrMsgIteratorClosed error.
 func (s *pullSubscription) Next() (Msg, error) {
 	s.Lock()
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ type backoffOpts struct {
 	// for all subsequent retries after reaching the limit
 	customBackoff []time.Duration
 	// cancel channel
-	// if set, retry will be cancelled when this channel is closed
+	// if set, retry will be canceled when this channel is closed
 	cancel <-chan struct{}
 }
 
diff --git a/js.go b/js.go
index 462fea17e..97ce71d26 100644
--- a/js.go
+++ b/js.go
@@ -2861,7 +2861,13 @@ func (sub *Subscription) Fetch(batch int, opts ...PullOpt) ([]*Msg, error) {
 	}
 	var hbTimer *time.Timer
 	var hbErr error
-	if err == nil && len(msgs) < batch {
+	sub.mu.Lock()
+	subClosed := sub.closed || sub.draining
+	sub.mu.Unlock()
+	if subClosed {
+		err = errors.Join(ErrBadSubscription, ErrSubscriptionClosed)
+	}
+	if err == nil && len(msgs) < batch && !subClosed {
 		// For batch real size of 1, it does not make sense to set no_wait in
 		// the request.
 		noWait := batch-len(msgs) > 1
@@ -3129,8 +3135,14 @@ func (sub *Subscription) FetchBatch(batch int, opts ...PullOpt) (MessageBatch, e
 			result.msgs <- msg
 		}
 	}
-	if len(result.msgs) == batch || result.err != nil {
+	sub.mu.Lock()
+	subClosed := sub.closed || sub.draining
+	sub.mu.Unlock()
+	if len(result.msgs) == batch || result.err != nil || subClosed {
 		close(result.msgs)
+		if subClosed && len(result.msgs) == 0 {
+			return nil, errors.Join(ErrBadSubscription, ErrSubscriptionClosed)
+		}
 		result.done <- struct{}{}
 		return result, nil
 	}
diff --git a/jserrors.go b/jserrors.go
index b5c968465..2a160405c 100644
--- a/jserrors.go
+++ b/jserrors.go
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ var (
 	// ErrNoHeartbeat is returned when no heartbeat is received from server when sending requests with pull consumer.
 	ErrNoHeartbeat JetStreamError = &jsError{message: "no heartbeat received"}
 
+	// ErrSubscriptionClosed is returned when attempting to send pull request to a closed subscription
+	ErrSubscriptionClosed JetStreamError = &jsError{message: "subscription closed"}
+
 	// DEPRECATED: ErrInvalidDurableName is no longer returned and will be removed in future releases.
 	// Use ErrInvalidConsumerName instead.
 	ErrInvalidDurableName = errors.New("nats: invalid durable name")
diff --git a/test/js_test.go b/test/js_test.go
index 540ae41c9..279736c16 100644
--- a/test/js_test.go
+++ b/test/js_test.go
@@ -1239,6 +1239,64 @@ func TestPullSubscribeFetchWithHeartbeat(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPullSubscribeFetchDrain(t *testing.T) {
+	s := RunBasicJetStreamServer()
+	defer shutdownJSServerAndRemoveStorage(t, s)
+
+	nc, js := jsClient(t, s)
+	defer nc.Close()
+
+	_, err := js.AddStream(&nats.StreamConfig{
+		Name:     "TEST",
+		Subjects: []string{"foo"},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	defer js.PurgeStream("TEST")
+	sub, err := js.PullSubscribe("foo", "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %s", err)
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		if _, err := js.Publish("foo", []byte("msg")); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+	// fill buffer with messages
+	cinfo, err := sub.ConsumerInfo()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %s", err)
+	}
+	nextSubject := fmt.Sprintf("$JS.API.CONSUMER.MSG.NEXT.TEST.%s", cinfo.Name)
+	replySubject := strings.Replace(sub.Subject, "*", "abc", 1)
+	payload := `{"batch":10,"no_wait":true}`
+	if err := nc.PublishRequest(nextSubject, replySubject, []byte(payload)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %s", err)
+	}
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	// now drain the subscription, messages should be in the buffer
+	sub.Drain()
+	msgs, err := sub.Fetch(100)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %s", err)
+	}
+	for _, msg := range msgs {
+		msg.Ack()
+	}
+	if len(msgs) != 10 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %d messages; got: %d", 10, len(msgs))
+	}
+
+	// subsequent fetch should return error, subscription is already drained
+	_, err = sub.Fetch(10, nats.MaxWait(100*time.Millisecond))
+	if !errors.Is(err, nats.ErrSubscriptionClosed) {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected error: %s; got: %s", nats.ErrSubscriptionClosed, err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPullSubscribeFetchBatchWithHeartbeat(t *testing.T) {
 	s := RunBasicJetStreamServer()
 	defer shutdownJSServerAndRemoveStorage(t, s)
@@ -1761,6 +1819,55 @@ func TestPullSubscribeFetchBatch(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("Expected error: %s; got: %s", nats.ErrNoDeadlineContext, err)
 		}
 	})
+
+	t.Run("close subscription", func(t *testing.T) {
+		defer js.PurgeStream("TEST")
+		sub, err := js.PullSubscribe("foo", "")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %s", err)
+		}
+		for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+			if _, err := js.Publish("foo", []byte("msg")); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %s", err)
+			}
+		}
+		// fill buffer with messages
+		cinfo, err := sub.ConsumerInfo()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %s", err)
+		}
+		nextSubject := fmt.Sprintf("$JS.API.CONSUMER.MSG.NEXT.TEST.%s", cinfo.Name)
+		replySubject := strings.Replace(sub.Subject, "*", "abc", 1)
+		payload := `{"batch":10,"no_wait":true}`
+		if err := nc.PublishRequest(nextSubject, replySubject, []byte(payload)); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %s", err)
+		}
+		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+
+		// now drain the subscription, messages should be in the buffer
+		sub.Drain()
+		res, err := sub.FetchBatch(100)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %s", err)
+		}
+		msgs := make([]*nats.Msg, 0)
+		for msg := range res.Messages() {
+			msgs = append(msgs, msg)
+			msg.Ack()
+		}
+		if res.Error() != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %s", res.Error())
+		}
+		if len(msgs) != 10 {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected %d messages; got: %d", 10, len(msgs))
+		}
+
+		// subsequent fetch should return error, subscription is already drained
+		_, err = sub.FetchBatch(10, nats.MaxWait(100*time.Millisecond))
+		if !errors.Is(err, nats.ErrSubscriptionClosed) {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected error: %s; got: %s", nats.ErrSubscriptionClosed, err)
+		}
+	})
 }
 
 func TestPullSubscribeConsumerDeleted(t *testing.T) {
@@ -7646,7 +7753,7 @@ func testJetStreamFetchOptions(t *testing.T, srvs ...*jsServer) {
 		if err == nil {
 			t.Fatal("Unexpected success")
 		}
-		if err != nats.ErrBadSubscription {
+		if !errors.Is(err, nats.ErrBadSubscription) {
 			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
 		}
 	})