diff --git a/tractor/_streaming.py b/tractor/_streaming.py
index 171ca4b..fbf253b 100644
--- a/tractor/_streaming.py
+++ b/tractor/_streaming.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class ReceiveMsgStream(trio.abc.ReceiveChannel):
 
         # flag to denote end of stream
         self._eoc: bool = False
+        self._closed: bool = False
 
     # delegate directly to underlying mem channel
     def receive_nowait(self):
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ class ReceiveMsgStream(trio.abc.ReceiveChannel):
             msg = await self._rx_chan.receive()
             return msg['yield']
 
-        except KeyError:
+        except KeyError as err:
             # internal error should never get here
             assert msg.get('cid'), ("Received internal error at portal?")
 
@@ -107,9 +108,15 @@ class ReceiveMsgStream(trio.abc.ReceiveChannel):
             # - 'error'
             # possibly just handle msg['stop'] here!
 
-            if msg.get('stop'):
+            if msg.get('stop') or self._eoc:
                 log.debug(f"{self} was stopped at remote end")
 
+                # XXX: important to set so that a new ``.receive()``
+                # call (likely by another task using a broadcast receiver)
+                # doesn't accidentally pull the ``return`` message
+                # value out of the underlying feed mem chan!
+                self._eoc = True
+
                 # # when the send is closed we assume the stream has
                 # # terminated and signal this local iterator to stop
                 # await self.aclose()
@@ -117,7 +124,7 @@ class ReceiveMsgStream(trio.abc.ReceiveChannel):
                 # XXX: this causes ``ReceiveChannel.__anext__()`` to
                 # raise a ``StopAsyncIteration`` **and** in our catch
                 # block below it will trigger ``.aclose()``.
-                raise trio.EndOfChannel
+                raise trio.EndOfChannel from err
 
             # TODO: test that shows stream raising an expected error!!!
             elif msg.get('error'):
@@ -162,10 +169,11 @@ class ReceiveMsgStream(trio.abc.ReceiveChannel):
             raise  # propagate
 
     async def aclose(self):
-        """Cancel associated remote actor task and local memory channel
-        on close.
+        '''
+        Cancel associated remote actor task and local memory channel on
+        close.
 
-        """
+        '''
         # XXX: keep proper adherance to trio's `.aclose()` semantics:
         # https://trio.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference-io.html#trio.abc.AsyncResource.aclose
         rx_chan = self._rx_chan
@@ -178,7 +186,7 @@ class ReceiveMsgStream(trio.abc.ReceiveChannel):
             # https://trio.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference-io.html#trio.abc.AsyncResource.aclose
             return
 
-        self._eoc = True
+        self._closed = True
 
         # NOTE: this is super subtle IPC messaging stuff:
         # Relay stop iteration to far end **iff** we're
@@ -310,15 +318,16 @@ class MsgStream(ReceiveMsgStream, trio.abc.Channel):
         self,
         data: Any
     ) -> None:
-        '''Send a message over this stream to the far end.
+        '''
+        Send a message over this stream to the far end.
 
         '''
-        # if self._eoc:
-        #     raise trio.ClosedResourceError('This stream is already ded')
-
         if self._ctx._error:
             raise self._ctx._error  # from None
 
+        if self._closed:
+            raise trio.ClosedResourceError('This stream was already closed')
+
         await self._ctx.chan.send({'yield': data, 'cid': self._ctx.cid})