diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f6ef04d3..d8d08de9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ HEAD
 ----
 
 * Made `JsonDocument`'s destructor protected (issue #1480)
+* Added missing calls to `client.stop()` in `JsonHttpClient.ino` (issue #1485)
 
 v6.17.2 (2020-11-14)
 -------
diff --git a/examples/JsonHttpClient/JsonHttpClient.ino b/examples/JsonHttpClient/JsonHttpClient.ino
index b8c2d665..ff110963 100644
--- a/examples/JsonHttpClient/JsonHttpClient.ino
+++ b/examples/JsonHttpClient/JsonHttpClient.ino
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ void setup() {
   client.println(F("Connection: close"));
   if (client.println() == 0) {
     Serial.println(F("Failed to send request"));
+    client.stop();
     return;
   }
 
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ void setup() {
   if (strcmp(status + 9, "200 OK") != 0) {
     Serial.print(F("Unexpected response: "));
     Serial.println(status);
+    client.stop();
     return;
   }
 
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ void setup() {
   char endOfHeaders[] = "\r\n\r\n";
   if (!client.find(endOfHeaders)) {
     Serial.println(F("Invalid response"));
+    client.stop();
     return;
   }
 
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ void setup() {
   if (error) {
     Serial.print(F("deserializeJson() failed: "));
     Serial.println(error.f_str());
+    client.stop();
     return;
   }