diff --git a/src/rdb.c b/src/rdb.c
index 5fb77a2897..a4eb2823fb 100644
--- a/src/rdb.c
+++ b/src/rdb.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ char *rdbFileBeingLoaded = NULL; /* used for rdb checking on read error */
 extern int rdbCheckMode;
 void rdbCheckError(const char *fmt, ...);
 void rdbCheckSetError(const char *fmt, ...);
+int rdbLoadRioWithLoadingCtx(rio *rdb, int rdbflags, rdbSaveInfo *rsi, rdbLoadingCtx *rdb_loading_ctx);
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 void rdbReportError(int corruption_error, int linenum, char *reason, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 3, 4)));
@@ -2991,7 +2992,19 @@ int rdbFunctionLoad(rio *rdb, int ver, functionsLibCtx *lib_ctx, int rdbflags, s
 int rdbLoadRio(rio *rdb, int rdbflags, rdbSaveInfo *rsi) {
     functionsLibCtx *functions_lib_ctx = functionsLibCtxGetCurrent();
     rdbLoadingCtx loading_ctx = {.dbarray = server.db, .functions_lib_ctx = functions_lib_ctx};
-    int retval = rdbLoadRioWithLoadingCtx(rdb, rdbflags, rsi, &loading_ctx);
+    int retval = rdbLoadRioWithLoadingCtxScopedRdb(rdb, rdbflags, rsi, &loading_ctx);
+    return retval;
+}
+
+/* Wrapper for rdbLoadRioWithLoadingCtx that manages a scoped RDB context.
+ * This method wraps the rdbLoadRioWithLoadingCtx function, providing temporary
+ * RDB context management. It sets a new current loading RDB, calls the wrapped
+ * function, and then restores the previous loading RDB context. */
+int rdbLoadRioWithLoadingCtxScopedRdb(rio *rdb, int rdbflags, rdbSaveInfo *rsi, rdbLoadingCtx *rdb_loading_ctx) {
+    rio *prev_rio = server.loading_rio;
+    server.loading_rio = rdb;
+    int retval = rdbLoadRioWithLoadingCtx(rdb, rdbflags, rsi, rdb_loading_ctx);
+    server.loading_rio = prev_rio;
     return retval;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/rdb.h b/src/rdb.h
index e9d53fa398..7342a926b5 100644
--- a/src/rdb.h
+++ b/src/rdb.h
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ int rdbLoadBinaryDoubleValue(rio *rdb, double *val);
 int rdbSaveBinaryFloatValue(rio *rdb, float val);
 int rdbLoadBinaryFloatValue(rio *rdb, float *val);
 int rdbLoadRio(rio *rdb, int rdbflags, rdbSaveInfo *rsi);
-int rdbLoadRioWithLoadingCtx(rio *rdb, int rdbflags, rdbSaveInfo *rsi, rdbLoadingCtx *rdb_loading_ctx);
+int rdbLoadRioWithLoadingCtxScopedRdb(rio *rdb, int rdbflags, rdbSaveInfo *rsi, rdbLoadingCtx *rdb_loading_ctx);
 int rdbFunctionLoad(rio *rdb, int ver, functionsLibCtx *lib_ctx, int rdbflags, sds *err);
 int rdbSaveRio(int req, rio *rdb, int *error, int rdbflags, rdbSaveInfo *rsi);
 ssize_t rdbSaveFunctions(rio *rdb);
diff --git a/src/replication.c b/src/replication.c
index 3a207a1d0f..f907771e71 100644
--- a/src/replication.c
+++ b/src/replication.c
@@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ void readSyncBulkPayload(connection *conn) {
 
         int loadingFailed = 0;
         rdbLoadingCtx loadingCtx = {.dbarray = dbarray, .functions_lib_ctx = functions_lib_ctx};
-        if (rdbLoadRioWithLoadingCtx(&rdb, RDBFLAGS_REPLICATION, &rsi, &loadingCtx) != C_OK) {
+        if (rdbLoadRioWithLoadingCtxScopedRdb(&rdb, RDBFLAGS_REPLICATION, &rsi, &loadingCtx) != C_OK) {
             /* RDB loading failed. */
             serverLog(LL_WARNING, "Failed trying to load the PRIMARY synchronization DB "
                                   "from socket, check server logs.");
@@ -2831,18 +2831,15 @@ typedef struct replDataBufBlock {
  * Reads replication data from primary into specified repl buffer block */
 int readIntoReplDataBlock(connection *conn, replDataBufBlock *data_block, size_t read) {
     int nread = connRead(conn, data_block->buf + data_block->used, read);
-    if (nread == -1) {
-        if (connGetState(conn) != CONN_STATE_CONNECTED) {
-            dualChannelServerLog(LL_NOTICE, "Error reading from primary: %s", connGetLastError(conn));
+    if (nread <= 0) {
+        if (nread == 0 || connGetState(conn) != CONN_STATE_CONNECTED) {
+            dualChannelServerLog(LL_WARNING, "Provisional primary closed connection");
+            /* Signal ongoing RDB load to terminate gracefully */
+            if (server.loading_rio) rioCloseASAP(server.loading_rio);
             cancelReplicationHandshake(1);
         }
         return C_ERR;
     }
-    if (nread == 0) {
-        dualChannelServerLog(LL_VERBOSE, "Provisional primary closed connection");
-        cancelReplicationHandshake(1);
-        return C_ERR;
-    }
     data_block->used += nread;
     server.stat_total_reads_processed++;
     return read - nread;
diff --git a/src/rio.h b/src/rio.h
index ee0f27aa7e..d5c3263e79 100644
--- a/src/rio.h
+++ b/src/rio.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 #define RIO_FLAG_READ_ERROR (1 << 0)
 #define RIO_FLAG_WRITE_ERROR (1 << 1)
+#define RIO_FLAG_CLOSE_ASAP (1 << 2) /* Rio was closed asynchronously during the current rio operation. */
 
 #define RIO_TYPE_FILE (1 << 0)
 #define RIO_TYPE_BUFFER (1 << 1)
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ typedef struct _rio rio;
  * if needed. */
 
 static inline size_t rioWrite(rio *r, const void *buf, size_t len) {
-    if (r->flags & RIO_FLAG_WRITE_ERROR) return 0;
+    if (r->flags & RIO_FLAG_WRITE_ERROR || r->flags & RIO_FLAG_CLOSE_ASAP) return 0;
     while (len) {
         size_t bytes_to_write =
             (r->max_processing_chunk && r->max_processing_chunk < len) ? r->max_processing_chunk : len;
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ static inline size_t rioWrite(rio *r, const void *buf, size_t len) {
 }
 
 static inline size_t rioRead(rio *r, void *buf, size_t len) {
-    if (r->flags & RIO_FLAG_READ_ERROR) return 0;
+    if (r->flags & RIO_FLAG_READ_ERROR || r->flags & RIO_FLAG_CLOSE_ASAP) return 0;
     while (len) {
         size_t bytes_to_read =
             (r->max_processing_chunk && r->max_processing_chunk < len) ? r->max_processing_chunk : len;
@@ -156,6 +157,10 @@ static inline int rioFlush(rio *r) {
     return r->flush(r);
 }
 
+static inline void rioCloseASAP(rio *r) {
+    r->flags |= RIO_FLAG_CLOSE_ASAP;
+}
+
 /* This function allows to know if there was a read error in any past
  * operation, since the rio stream was created or since the last call
  * to rioClearError(). */
@@ -168,8 +173,13 @@ static inline int rioGetWriteError(rio *r) {
     return (r->flags & RIO_FLAG_WRITE_ERROR) != 0;
 }
 
+/* Like rioGetReadError() but for async close errors. */
+static inline int rioGetAsyncCloseError(rio *r) {
+    return (r->flags & RIO_FLAG_CLOSE_ASAP) != 0;
+}
+
 static inline void rioClearErrors(rio *r) {
-    r->flags &= ~(RIO_FLAG_READ_ERROR | RIO_FLAG_WRITE_ERROR);
+    r->flags &= ~(RIO_FLAG_READ_ERROR | RIO_FLAG_WRITE_ERROR | RIO_FLAG_CLOSE_ASAP);
 }
 
 void rioInitWithFile(rio *r, FILE *fp);
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index 3cdec9fa9b..8f2ddf75df 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -2218,6 +2218,7 @@ void initServerConfig(void) {
     server.fsynced_reploff_pending = 0;
     server.rdb_client_id = -1;
     server.loading_process_events_interval_ms = LOADING_PROCESS_EVENTS_INTERVAL_DEFAULT;
+    server.loading_rio = NULL;
 
     /* Replication partial resync backlog */
     server.repl_backlog = NULL;
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index 841db70614..2f8b917267 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -2088,6 +2088,7 @@ struct valkeyServer {
         int dbid;
     } repl_provisional_primary;
     client *cached_primary;             /* Cached primary to be reused for PSYNC. */
+    rio *loading_rio;                   /* Pointer to the rio object currently used for loading data. */
     int repl_syncio_timeout;            /* Timeout for synchronous I/O calls */
     int repl_state;                     /* Replication status if the instance is a replica */
     int repl_rdb_channel_state;         /* State of the replica's rdb channel during dual-channel-replication */
diff --git a/tests/integration/dual-channel-replication.tcl b/tests/integration/dual-channel-replication.tcl
index b4b9286d68..3adf9ce9fd 100644
--- a/tests/integration/dual-channel-replication.tcl
+++ b/tests/integration/dual-channel-replication.tcl
@@ -1158,8 +1158,8 @@ start_server {tags {"dual-channel-replication external:skip"}} {
     $primary config set repl-diskless-sync-delay 0
 
     # Generating RDB will cost 100 sec to generate
-    $primary debug populate 10000 primary 1
-    $primary config set rdb-key-save-delay 10000
+    $primary debug populate 100000 primary 1
+    $primary config set rdb-key-save-delay 1000
     
     start_server {} {
         set replica [srv 0 client]
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ start_server {tags {"dual-channel-replication external:skip"}} {
                 fail "replica didn't start sync session in time"
             }            
             $primary debug log "killing replica main connection"
-            set replica_main_conn_id [get_client_id_by_last_cmd $primary "sync"]
+            set replica_main_conn_id [get_client_id_by_last_cmd $primary "psync"]
             assert {$replica_main_conn_id != ""}
             set loglines [count_log_lines -1]
             $primary config set repl-diskless-sync-delay 5; # allow catch failed sync before retry
@@ -1247,3 +1247,59 @@ start_server {tags {"dual-channel-replication external:skip"}} {
         stop_write_load $load_handle
     }
 }
+
+
+start_server {tags {"dual-channel-replication external:skip"}} {
+    set primary [srv 0 client]
+    set primary_host [srv 0 host]
+    set primary_port [srv 0 port]
+
+    $primary config set repl-diskless-sync yes
+    $primary config set dual-channel-replication-enabled yes
+    $primary config set repl-diskless-sync-delay 5; # allow catch failed sync before retry
+
+    # Generating RDB will take 100 sec to generate
+    $primary debug populate 1000000 primary 1
+    $primary config set rdb-key-save-delay -10
+    
+    start_server {} {
+        set replica [srv 0 client]
+        set replica_host [srv 0 host]
+        set replica_port [srv 0 port]
+        set replica_log [srv 0 stdout]
+        
+        $replica config set dual-channel-replication-enabled yes
+        $replica config set loglevel debug
+        $replica config set repl-timeout 10
+        $replica config set repl-diskless-load flush-before-load
+
+        test "Replica notice main-connection killed during rdb load callback" {; # https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/issues/1152
+            set loglines [count_log_lines 0]
+            $replica replicaof $primary_host $primary_port
+            # Wait for sync session to start
+            wait_for_condition 500 1000 {
+                [string match "*slave*,state=wait_bgsave*,type=rdb-channel*" [$primary info replication]] &&
+                [string match "*slave*,state=bg_transfer*,type=main-channel*" [$primary info replication]] &&
+                [s -1 rdb_bgsave_in_progress] eq 1
+            } else {
+                fail "replica didn't start sync session in time"
+            }
+            wait_for_log_messages 0 {"*Loading RDB produced by Valkey version*"} $loglines 1000 10
+            $primary set key val
+            set replica_main_conn_id [get_client_id_by_last_cmd $primary "psync"]
+            $primary debug log "killing replica main connection $replica_main_conn_id"
+            assert {$replica_main_conn_id != ""}
+            set loglines [count_log_lines 0]
+            $primary config set rdb-key-save-delay 0; # disable delay to allow next sync to succeed
+            $primary client kill id $replica_main_conn_id
+            # Wait for primary to abort the sync
+            wait_for_condition 50 1000 {
+                [string match {*replicas_waiting_psync:0*} [$primary info replication]]
+            } else {
+                fail "Primary did not free repl buf block after sync failure"
+            }
+            wait_for_log_messages 0 {"*Failed trying to load the PRIMARY synchronization DB from socket*"} $loglines 1000 10
+            verify_replica_online $primary 0 500
+        }
+    }
+}