diff --git a/crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs b/crates/stdlib/src/ssl.rs
@@ -3503,9 +3503,9 @@ mod _ssl {
            }

            // Check if connection has been shut down
-            // After unwrap()/shutdown(), read operations should fail with SSLError
            let shutdown_state = *self.shutdown_state.lock();
-            if shutdown_state != ShutdownState::NotStarted {
                return Err(vm
                    .new_os_subtype_error(
                        PySSLError::class(&vm.ctx).to_owned(),
@@ -3677,7 +3677,8 @@ mod _ssl {
            }

            // Check shutdown state
-            if *self.shutdown_state.lock() != ShutdownState::NotStarted {
                return Err(vm
                    .new_os_subtype_error(
                        PySSLError::class(&vm.ctx).to_owned(),
@@ -4138,6 +4139,8 @@ mod _ssl {
                        }
                    }

                    *self.shutdown_state.lock() = ShutdownState::Completed;
                    *self.connection.lock() = None;
                    return Ok(self.sock.clone());
@@ -4399,6 +4402,21 @@ mod _ssl {
        }
    }

    // MemoryBIO - provides in-memory buffer for SSL/TLS I/O
    #[pyattr]
    #[pyclass(name = "MemoryBIO", module = "ssl")]