diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/listener/BlockingQueueConsumer.java b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/listener/BlockingQueueConsumer.java
index 757e3b63..c6a95816 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/listener/BlockingQueueConsumer.java
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/listener/BlockingQueueConsumer.java
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ public class BlockingQueueConsumer {
 	}
 
 	public void forceCloseAndClearQueue() {
-		if (this.channel != null && this.channel.isOpen()) {
+		if (this.channel != null) {
 			RabbitUtils.setPhysicalCloseRequired(this.channel, true);
 			ConnectionFactoryUtils.releaseResources(this.resourceHolder);
 			this.deliveryTags.clear();
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/connection/ConsumerConnectionRecoveryTests.java b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/connection/ConsumerConnectionRecoveryTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ddf92fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/connection/ConsumerConnectionRecoveryTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.connection;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.RabbitMQContainer;
+import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Container;
+import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Testcontainers;
+import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
+
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.annotation.EnableRabbit;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.annotation.Queue;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.annotation.RabbitListener;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.config.SimpleRabbitListenerContainerFactory;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core.RabbitAdmin;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core.RabbitTemplate;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringJUnitConfig;
+
+
+/**
+ * @author Artem Bilan
+ *
+ * @since 3.0.11
+ *
+ */
+@SpringJUnitConfig
+@Testcontainers(disabledWithoutDocker = true)
+@DirtiesContext
+public class ConsumerConnectionRecoveryTests {
+
+	@Container
+	static final RabbitMQContainer RABBIT_MQ_CONTAINER =
+			new RabbitMQContainer(DockerImageName.parse("rabbitmq"));
+
+	@Test
+	void verifyThatChannelPermitsAreReleaseOnReconnect(@Autowired TestConfiguration application)
+			throws InterruptedException {
+
+		application.rabbitTemplate().convertAndSend("testQueue", "test data #1");
+
+		assertThat(application.received.poll(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isEqualTo("test data #1");
+
+		RABBIT_MQ_CONTAINER.stop();
+		RABBIT_MQ_CONTAINER.start();
+
+		application.connectionFactory().setPort(RABBIT_MQ_CONTAINER.getAmqpPort());
+		application.publisherConnectionFactory().setPort(RABBIT_MQ_CONTAINER.getAmqpPort());
+
+		application.rabbitTemplate().convertAndSend("testQueue", "test data #2");
+
+		assertThat(application.received.poll(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isEqualTo("test data #2");
+	}
+
+	@Configuration
+	@EnableRabbit
+	public static class TestConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean
+		CachingConnectionFactory connectionFactory() {
+			CachingConnectionFactory connectionFactory =
+					new CachingConnectionFactory("localhost", RABBIT_MQ_CONTAINER.getAmqpPort());
+			connectionFactory.setChannelCacheSize(1);
+			connectionFactory.setChannelCheckoutTimeout(2000);
+			return connectionFactory;
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		CachingConnectionFactory publisherConnectionFactory() {
+			CachingConnectionFactory connectionFactory =
+					new CachingConnectionFactory("localhost", RABBIT_MQ_CONTAINER.getAmqpPort());
+			connectionFactory.setChannelCacheSize(1);
+			connectionFactory.setChannelCheckoutTimeout(2000);
+			return connectionFactory;
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		RabbitTemplate rabbitTemplate() {
+			return new RabbitTemplate(publisherConnectionFactory());
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		SimpleRabbitListenerContainerFactory rabbitListenerContainerFactory() {
+			SimpleRabbitListenerContainerFactory factory = new SimpleRabbitListenerContainerFactory();
+			factory.setConnectionFactory(connectionFactory());
+			return factory;
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		RabbitAdmin rabbitAdmin() {
+			return new RabbitAdmin(publisherConnectionFactory());
+		}
+
+		BlockingQueue<String> received = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>();
+
+		@RabbitListener(queuesToDeclare = @Queue("testQueue"))
+		void consume(String payload) {
+			this.received.add(payload);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
+