diff --git a/jetty-core/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/content/ContentSourcePublisher.java b/jetty-core/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/content/ContentSourcePublisher.java
index 41ececb2234..187c581590d 100644
--- a/jetty-core/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/content/ContentSourcePublisher.java
+++ b/jetty-core/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/content/ContentSourcePublisher.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.CancellationException;
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.Flow;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
@@ -92,11 +91,9 @@ private void onMultiSubscribe(Flow.Subscriber<? super Content.Chunk> subscriber)
         // As per rule 1.9, we need to throw a `java.lang.NullPointerException`
         // if the `Subscriber` is `null`
         if (subscriber == null)
-        {
             throw new NullPointerException("Flow.Subscriber must not be null");
-        }
-        LastWillSubscription subscription = new ExhaustedSubscription();
 
+        LastWillSubscription subscription = new ExhaustedSubscription();
         // As per 1.9, this method must return normally (i.e. not throw).
         try
         {
@@ -196,7 +193,7 @@ public void cancel(LastWill lastWill)
     private static final class ActiveSubscription extends IteratingCallback implements LastWillSubscription
     {
         private static final long NO_MORE_DEMAND = -1;
-        private static final Throwable COMPLETED = new StaticException("Source.Content read fully");
+        private static final LastWill COMPLETED = new LastWill(new StaticException("Source.Content read fully"), FinalSignal.COMPLETE);
         private final AtomicReference<LastWill> cancelled;
         private final AtomicLong demand;
         private Content.Source content;
@@ -230,6 +227,7 @@ protected Action process()
                 // drop any references to the corresponding subscriber.
                 this.demand.set(NO_MORE_DEMAND);
                 // TODO: HttpChannelState does not satisfy the contract of Content.Source "If read() has returned a last chunk, this is a no operation."
+                // https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/issues/11879
                 if (finalSignal != FinalSignal.COMPLETE)
                     this.content.fail(reason);
                 this.content = null;
@@ -270,14 +268,16 @@ protected Action process()
             }
             catch (Throwable err)
             {
+                chunk.release();
                 cancel(err, FinalSignal.SUPPRESS);
                 LOG.error("Flow.Subscriber " + subscriber + " violated rule 2.13", err);
+                return Action.IDLE;
             }
             chunk.release();
 
             if (chunk.isLast())
             {
-                cancel(COMPLETED, FinalSignal.COMPLETE);
+                cancel(COMPLETED);
                 return Action.IDLE;
             }