diff --git a/src/channel.c b/src/channel.c
index 4a2b20c..03dbdc3 100644
--- a/src/channel.c
+++ b/src/channel.c
@@ -307,11 +307,14 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Return TRUE if "channel" has a callback.
+ * Return TRUE if "channel" has a callback and the associated job wasn't
+ * killed.
  */
     static int
-channel_has_callback(channel_T *channel)
+channel_still_useful(channel_T *channel)
 {
+    if (channel->ch_job_killed && channel->ch_job == NULL)
+	return FALSE;
     return channel->ch_callback != NULL
 #ifdef CHANNEL_PIPES
 	    || channel->ch_part[PART_OUT].ch_callback != NULL
@@ -322,12 +325,13 @@
 
 /*
  * Close a channel and free all its resources if there is no further action
- * possible, there is no callback to be invoked.
+ * possible, there is no callback to be invoked or the associated job was
+ * killed.
  */
     void
 channel_may_free(channel_T *channel)
 {
-    if (!channel_has_callback(channel))
+    if (!channel_still_useful(channel))
 	channel_free(channel);
 }
 
@@ -1774,6 +1778,12 @@
 	 *			-> channel_read()
 	 */
 	ch_errors(channel, "%s(): Cannot read", func);
+	if (len < 0)
+	{
+	    ch_error(channel, "channel_read(): cannot read from channel");
+	    PERROR(_("E896: read from channel"));
+	}
+
 	msg = channel->ch_part[part].ch_mode == MODE_RAW
 				  || channel->ch_part[part].ch_mode == MODE_NL
 		    ? DETACH_MSG_RAW : DETACH_MSG_JSON;
@@ -1785,12 +1795,6 @@
 	channel_close(channel, TRUE);
 	if (channel->ch_nb_close_cb != NULL)
 	    (*channel->ch_nb_close_cb)();
-
-	if (len < 0)
-	{
-	    ch_error(channel, "channel_read(): cannot read from channel");
-	    PERROR(_("E896: read from channel"));
-	}
     }
 
 #if defined(CH_HAS_GUI) && defined(FEAT_GUI_GTK)
@@ -2174,7 +2178,7 @@
 
     while (channel != NULL)
     {
-	if (channel->ch_refcount == 0 && !channel_has_callback(channel))
+	if (channel->ch_refcount == 0 && !channel_still_useful(channel))
 	{
 	    /* channel is no longer useful, free it */
 	    channel_free(channel);
diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 0db6cfa..f9e8517 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -7770,8 +7770,11 @@
 # ifdef FEAT_CHANNEL
     if (job->jv_channel != NULL)
     {
-	/* The channel doesn't count as a references for the job, we need to
-	 * NULL the reference when the job is freed. */
+	/* The link from the channel to the job doesn't count as a reference,
+	 * thus don't decrement the refcount of the job.  The reference from
+	 * the job to the channel does count the refrence, decrement it and
+	 * NULL the reference.  We don't set ch_job_killed, unreferencing the
+	 * job doesn't mean it stops running. */
 	job->jv_channel->ch_job = NULL;
 	channel_unref(job->jv_channel);
     }
@@ -15161,7 +15164,14 @@
 	if (mch_stop_job(job, arg) == FAIL)
 	    rettv->vval.v_number = 0;
 	else
+	{
 	    rettv->vval.v_number = 1;
+	    /* Assume that "hup" does not kill the job. */
+	    if (job->jv_channel != NULL && STRCMP(arg, "hup") != 0)
+		job->jv_channel->ch_job_killed = TRUE;
+	}
+	/* We don't try freeing the job, obviously the caller still has a
+	 * reference to it. */
     }
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/structs.h b/src/structs.h
index 5f70c73..c0339de 100644
--- a/src/structs.h
+++ b/src/structs.h
@@ -1373,6 +1373,8 @@
     job_T	*ch_job;	/* Job that uses this channel; this does not
 				 * count as a reference to avoid a circular
 				 * reference. */
+    int		ch_job_killed;	/* TRUE when there was a job and it was killed
+				 * or we know it died. */
 
     int		ch_refcount;	/* reference count */
 };
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 4220001..08c8c1a 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -749,6 +749,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1422,
+/**/
     1421,
 /**/
     1420,