@@ -501,15 +501,14 @@ class ZipEntry {
   // The entry's raw compressed bytes as a bounded-memory chunk stream, read
   // straight from disk (file-backed entries only). Nothing is retained.
   async *#rawChunks() {
-    // Count the whole stream as one in-flight read so a concurrent close()
-    // waits for it (the finally runs when the consumer stops iterating); a
-    // stream begun after close() was requested is rejected up front.
+    // Count active reads, but not time paused at a yield.
     const handle = this.#fd;
     if (handle.closing) {
       throw new ERR_INVALID_STATE(
         'cannot read a ZipEntry after its backing ZipFile has been closed');
     }
     handle.reads++;
+    let reading = true;
     try {
       this.#liveDescriptor();
       let pos = await this.#resolveContentOffset();
@@ -521,10 +520,18 @@ class ZipEntry {
         await readFdFully(this.#liveDescriptor(), chunk, pos);
         pos += take;
         remaining -= take;
+        reading = false;
+        endHandleRead(handle);
         yield chunk;
+        if (handle.closing) {
+          throw new ERR_INVALID_STATE(
+            'cannot read a ZipEntry after its backing ZipFile has been closed');
+        }
+        handle.reads++;
+        reading = true;
       }
     } finally {
-      endHandleRead(handle);
+      if (reading) endHandleRead(handle);
     }
   }
   // Sync counterpart of #rawChunks().
 
@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@ test('close() waits for an in-flight read instead of closing under it', async ()
   assert.ok(data.equals(payload));
 });
 
+test('close() resolves with a paused contentIterator()', async () => {
+  tmpdir.refresh();
+  const file = tmpdir.resolve('paused-iterator.zip');
+  const payload = Buffer.alloc(8 * 1024 * 1024, 0x61);
+  writeArchive(file, [zlib.ZipEntry.createSync('big', payload, { method: 'store' })]);
+
+  const zf = zlib.ZipFile.openSync(file);
+  const iterator = zf.getSync('big').contentIterator();
+  const first = await iterator.next();
+  assert.strictEqual(first.done, false);
+
+  await zf.close();
+  await assert.rejects(iterator.next(), { code: 'ERR_INVALID_STATE' });
+});
+
 // 2. A failed central-directory rewrite during add() is rolled back.
 test('a failed directory rewrite during addEntrySync is rolled back', () => {
   tmpdir.refresh();