diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 02807544721..81031714596 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1609,7 +1609,12 @@ ProcessRepliesIfAny(void)
 
 	last_processing = GetCurrentTimestamp();
 
-	for (;;)
+	/*
+	 * If we already received a CopyDone from the frontend, any subsequent
+	 * message is the beginning of a new command, and should be processed in
+	 * the main processing loop.
+	 */
+	while (!streamingDoneReceiving)
 	{
 		pq_startmsgread();
 		r = pq_getbyte_if_available(&firstchar);
@@ -1638,19 +1643,6 @@ ProcessRepliesIfAny(void)
 			proc_exit(0);
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * If we already received a CopyDone from the frontend, the frontend
-		 * should not send us anything until we've closed our end of the COPY.
-		 * XXX: In theory, the frontend could already send the next command
-		 * before receiving the CopyDone, but libpq doesn't currently allow
-		 * that.
-		 */
-		if (streamingDoneReceiving && firstchar != 'X')
-			ereport(FATAL,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_PROTOCOL_VIOLATION),
-					 errmsg("unexpected standby message type \"%c\", after receiving CopyDone",
-							firstchar)));
-
 		/* Handle the very limited subset of commands expected in this phase */
 		switch (firstchar)
 		{
@@ -2251,8 +2243,10 @@ WalSndLoop(WalSndSendDataCallback send_data)
 			long		sleeptime;
 			int			wakeEvents;
 
-			wakeEvents = WL_LATCH_SET | WL_EXIT_ON_PM_DEATH | WL_TIMEOUT |
-				WL_SOCKET_READABLE;
+			wakeEvents = WL_LATCH_SET | WL_EXIT_ON_PM_DEATH | WL_TIMEOUT;
+
+			if (!streamingDoneReceiving)
+				wakeEvents |= WL_SOCKET_READABLE;
 
 			/*
 			 * Use fresh timestamp, not last_processed, to reduce the chance