diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_recvlogical.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_recvlogical.c
index ef85c9af4c..857b61c8f7 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_recvlogical.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_recvlogical.c
@@ -605,14 +605,40 @@ StreamLogicalLog(void)
 	res = PQgetResult(conn);
 	if (PQresultStatus(res) == PGRES_COPY_OUT)
 	{
+		PQclear(res);
+
 		/*
 		 * We're doing a client-initiated clean exit and have sent CopyDone to
-		 * the server. We've already sent replay confirmation and fsync'd so
-		 * we can just clean up the connection now.
+		 * the server. Drain any messages, so we don't miss a last-minute
+		 * ErrorResponse. The walsender stops generating XLogData records once
+		 * it sees CopyDone, so expect this to finish quickly. After CopyDone,
+		 * it's too late for sendFeedback(), even if this were to take a long
+		 * time. Hence, use synchronous-mode PQgetCopyData().
 		 */
-		goto error;
+		while (1)
+		{
+			int			r;
+
+			if (copybuf != NULL)
+			{
+				PQfreemem(copybuf);
+				copybuf = NULL;
+			}
+			r = PQgetCopyData(conn, &copybuf, 0);
+			if (r == -1)
+				break;
+			if (r == -2)
+			{
+				fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not read COPY data: %s"),
+						progname, PQerrorMessage(conn));
+				time_to_abort = false;	/* unclean exit */
+				goto error;
+			}
+		}
+
+		res = PQgetResult(conn);
 	}
-	else if (PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK)
+	if (PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK)
 	{
 		fprintf(stderr,
 				_("%s: unexpected termination of replication stream: %s"),
diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/006_logical_decoding.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/006_logical_decoding.pl
index 0bcd1d0b59..1334bf6a60 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/006_logical_decoding.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/006_logical_decoding.pl
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ my $endpos = $node_master->safe_psql('postgres',
 );
 print "waiting to replay $endpos\n";
 
+# Insert some rows after $endpos, which we won't read.
+$node_master->safe_psql('postgres',
+	qq[INSERT INTO decoding_test(x,y) SELECT s, s::text FROM generate_series(5,50) s;]
+);
+
 my $stdout_recv = $node_master->pg_recvlogical_upto(
 	'postgres', 'test_slot', $endpos, 180,
 	'include-xids'     => '0',
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@ $stdout_recv = $node_master->pg_recvlogical_upto(
 	'skip-empty-xacts' => '1');
 chomp($stdout_recv);
 is($stdout_recv, '',
-	'pg_recvlogical acknowledged changes, nothing pending on slot');
+	'pg_recvlogical acknowledged changes');
 
 $node_master->safe_psql('postgres', 'CREATE DATABASE otherdb');