Index: server/Slim/Networking/Slimproto.pm
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--- server/Slim/Networking/Slimproto.pm	(revision 6735)
+++ server/Slim/Networking/Slimproto.pm	(working copy)
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
 
 sub _forgetDisconnectedClient {
 	my $client = shift;
+	$::d_slimproto && msg("Slimproto - forgetting disconnected client\n");
 	Slim::Control::Request::executeRequest($client, ['client', 'forget']);
 }
 
@@ -701,6 +702,16 @@
 
 		$::d_slimproto && msg("hello from existing client: $id on ipport: $ipport{$s}\n");
 
+		my $oldsock = $client->tcpsock();
+
+		if (defined($oldsock) && exists($sock2client{$oldsock})) {
+		
+			$::d_slimproto && msg("closing previous socket to client: $id on ipport: ".
+								  inet_ntoa($oldsock->peeraddr).":".$oldsock->peerport."\n" );
+
+			slimproto_close($client->tcpsock());
+		}
+
 		Slim::Utils::Timers::killTimers($client, \&_forgetDisconnectedClient);
 
 		$client->reconnect($paddr, $revision, $s, $reconnect, $bytes_received);