diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/Channel.java b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/Channel.java
index 5ab9123c12..6e72cb2fd9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/Channel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/Channel.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public interface Channel extends ShutdownNotifier, AutoCloseable {
      * Forces the channel to close and waits for the close operation to complete.
      * Any encountered exceptions in the close operation are silently discarded.
      */
-    void abort() throws IOException;
+    void abort();
 
     /**
      * Abort this channel.
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public interface Channel extends ShutdownNotifier, AutoCloseable {
      * Forces the channel to close and waits for the close operation to complete.
      * Any encountered exceptions in the close operation are silently discarded.
      */
-    void abort(int closeCode, String closeMessage) throws IOException;
+    void abort(int closeCode, String closeMessage);
 
     /**
      * Add a {@link ReturnListener}.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/ChannelN.java b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/ChannelN.java
index 428224a4bc..b922b53da0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/ChannelN.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/ChannelN.java
@@ -545,7 +545,6 @@ public void close(int closeCode, String closeMessage)
     /** Public API - {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override
     public void abort()
-        throws IOException
     {
         abort(AMQP.REPLY_SUCCESS, "OK");
     }
@@ -553,14 +552,11 @@ public void abort()
     /** Public API - {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override
     public void abort(int closeCode, String closeMessage)
-        throws IOException
     {
         try {
           close(closeCode, closeMessage, true, null, true);
-        } catch (IOException _e) {
-        /* ignored */
-        } catch (TimeoutException _e) {
-          /* ignored */
+        } catch (IOException | TimeoutException _e) {
+            // abort() shall silently discard any exceptions
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/recovery/AutorecoveringChannel.java b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/recovery/AutorecoveringChannel.java
index cfba283dd2..0771e21fbb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/recovery/AutorecoveringChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/recovery/AutorecoveringChannel.java
@@ -80,31 +80,35 @@ public void close(int closeCode, String closeMessage) throws IOException, Timeou
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void abort() throws IOException {
-        try {
-            executeAndClean(() -> delegate.abort());
-        } catch (TimeoutException e) {
-            // abort() ignores exceptions
-        }
+    public void abort() {
+        this.delegate.abort();
+        this.clean();
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void abort(int closeCode, String closeMessage) throws IOException {
-        try {
-            executeAndClean(() -> delegate.abort(closeCode, closeMessage));
-        } catch (TimeoutException e) {
-            // abort() ignores exceptions
+    public void abort(int closeCode, String closeMessage) {
+        this.delegate.abort(closeCode, closeMessage != null ? closeMessage : "");
+        this.clean();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Cleans up the channel in the following way:
+     * <p>
+     * Removes every recorded consumer of the channel and finally unregisters the channel from
+     * the underlying connection to not process any further traffic.
+     */
+    private void clean() {
+        for (String consumerTag : Utility.copy(consumerTags)) {
+            this.deleteRecordedConsumer(consumerTag);
         }
+        this.connection.unregisterChannel(this);
     }
 
     private void executeAndClean(IoTimeoutExceptionRunnable callback) throws IOException, TimeoutException {
         try {
             callback.run();
         } finally {
-            for (String consumerTag : Utility.copy(consumerTags)) {
-                this.deleteRecordedConsumer(consumerTag);
-            }
-            this.connection.unregisterChannel(this);
+            this.clean();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/recovery/AutorecoveringChannelTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/recovery/AutorecoveringChannelTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd72f31e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/recovery/AutorecoveringChannelTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package com.rabbitmq.client.impl.recovery;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+public final class AutorecoveringChannelTest {
+
+    private AutorecoveringChannel channel;
+
+    @Mock
+    private AutorecoveringConnection autorecoveringConnection;
+
+    @Mock
+    private RecoveryAwareChannelN recoveryAwareChannelN;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setup() {
+        MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
+        this.channel = new AutorecoveringChannel(autorecoveringConnection, recoveryAwareChannelN);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void abort() {
+        this.channel.abort();
+        verify(recoveryAwareChannelN, times(1)).abort();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void abortWithDetails() {
+        int closeCode = 1;
+        String closeMessage = "reason";
+        this.channel.abort(closeCode, closeMessage);
+        verify(recoveryAwareChannelN, times(1)).abort(closeCode, closeMessage);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void abortWithDetailsCloseMessageNull() {
+        int closeCode = 1;
+        this.channel.abort(closeCode, null);
+        verify(recoveryAwareChannelN, times(1)).abort(closeCode, "");
+    }
+
+}