diff --git a/Sources/NIOPosix/SocketChannel.swift b/Sources/NIOPosix/SocketChannel.swift
index 51fdc3a87e..271c78cd4d 100644
--- a/Sources/NIOPosix/SocketChannel.swift
+++ b/Sources/NIOPosix/SocketChannel.swift
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ final class ServerSocketChannel: BaseSocketChannel<ServerSocket> {
             // It's important to call the methods before we actually notify the original promise for ordering reasons.
             self.becomeActive0(promise: promise)
         }.whenFailure{ error in
+            self.close0(error: error, mode: .all, promise: nil)
             promise?.fail(error)
         }
         executeAndComplete(p) {
diff --git a/Tests/NIOPosixTests/AcceptBackoffHandlerTest.swift b/Tests/NIOPosixTests/AcceptBackoffHandlerTest.swift
index 015c6382ed..7c69d951c6 100644
--- a/Tests/NIOPosixTests/AcceptBackoffHandlerTest.swift
+++ b/Tests/NIOPosixTests/AcceptBackoffHandlerTest.swift
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public final class AcceptBackoffHandlerTest: XCTestCase {
                                               name: self.acceptHandlerName)
         }.wait())
 
-        XCTAssertNoThrow(try eventLoop.flatSubmit {
+        let bindFuture = eventLoop.flatSubmit {
             // this is pretty delicate at the moment:
             // `bind` must be _synchronously_ follow `register`, otherwise in our current implementation, `epoll` will
             // send us `EPOLLHUP`. To have it run synchronously, we need to invoke the `flatMap` on the eventloop that the
@@ -273,7 +273,11 @@ public final class AcceptBackoffHandlerTest: XCTestCase {
             serverChannel.register().flatMap { () -> EventLoopFuture<()> in
                 return serverChannel.bind(to: try! SocketAddress(ipAddress: "127.0.0.1", port: 0))
             }
-        }.wait() as Void)
+        }
+
+        // If bind fails, the error will propagate up
+        try bindFuture.wait()
+
         return serverChannel
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/NIOPosixTests/SALChannelTests.swift b/Tests/NIOPosixTests/SALChannelTests.swift
index 785d7d0d28..0e893fa543 100644
--- a/Tests/NIOPosixTests/SALChannelTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/NIOPosixTests/SALChannelTests.swift
@@ -322,6 +322,48 @@ final class SALChannelTest: XCTestCase, SALTest {
                 }
         }.salWait())
     }
+    
+    func testBindFailureClosesChannel() {
+        guard let channel = try? self.makeSocketChannel() else {
+            XCTFail("couldn't make a channel")
+            return
+        }
+        let localAddress = try! SocketAddress(ipAddress: "1.2.3.4", port: 5)
+        let serverAddress = try! SocketAddress(ipAddress: "9.8.7.6", port: 5)
+        
+        XCTAssertThrowsError(try channel.eventLoop.runSAL(syscallAssertions: {
+            try self.assertSetOption(expectedLevel: .tcp, expectedOption: .tcp_nodelay) { value in
+                return (value as? SocketOptionValue) == 1
+            }
+            try self.assertSetOption(expectedLevel: .socket, expectedOption: .so_reuseaddr) { value in
+                return (value as? SocketOptionValue) == 1
+            }
+            try self.assertBind(expectedAddress: localAddress, errorReturn: IOError(errnoCode: EPERM, reason: "bind"))
+            try self.assertDeregister { selectable in
+                return true
+            }
+            try self.assertClose(expectedFD: .max)
+
+        })  {
+            ClientBootstrap(group: channel.eventLoop)
+                .channelOption(ChannelOptions.socketOption(.so_reuseaddr), value: 1)
+                .channelOption(ChannelOptions.autoRead, value: false)
+                .bind(to: localAddress)
+                .testOnly_connect(injectedChannel: channel, to: serverAddress)
+                .flatMapError { error in
+                    guard let ioError = error as? IOError else {
+                        XCTFail("Expected IOError, got \(error)")
+                        return channel.eventLoop.makeFailedFuture(error)
+                    }
+                    XCTAssertEqual(ioError.errnoCode, EPERM, "Expected EPERM error code")
+                    XCTAssertTrue(!channel.isActive, "Channel should be closed")
+                    return channel.eventLoop.makeFailedFuture(error)
+                }
+                .flatMap { channel in
+                    channel.close()
+                }
+        }.salWait())
+    }
 
     func testAcceptingInboundConnections() throws {
         final class ConnectionRecorder: ChannelInboundHandler {
diff --git a/Tests/NIOPosixTests/SyscallAbstractionLayer.swift b/Tests/NIOPosixTests/SyscallAbstractionLayer.swift
index 8da3d76b97..06c382ec47 100644
--- a/Tests/NIOPosixTests/SyscallAbstractionLayer.swift
+++ b/Tests/NIOPosixTests/SyscallAbstractionLayer.swift
@@ -874,9 +874,10 @@ extension SALTest {
         }
     }
 
-    func assertBind(expectedAddress: SocketAddress, file: StaticString = #filePath, line: UInt = #line) throws {
+    func assertBind(expectedAddress: SocketAddress, errorReturn: IOError? = nil, file: StaticString = #filePath, line: UInt = #line) throws {
         SAL.printIfDebug("\(#function)")
-        try self.selector.assertSyscallAndReturn(.returnVoid, file: (file), line: line) { syscall in
+
+        try self.selector.assertSyscallAndReturn(errorReturn != nil ? .error(errorReturn!) : .returnVoid, file: file, line: line) { syscall in
             if case .bind(let address) = syscall {
                 return address == expectedAddress
             } else {