diff --git a/serial_linux_test.go b/serial_linux_test.go
index 219efd5..5eaea0f 100644
--- a/serial_linux_test.go
+++ b/serial_linux_test.go
@@ -39,3 +39,18 @@ func TestSerialReadAndCloseConcurrency(t *testing.T) {
 	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 1)
 	port.Close()
 }
+
+func TestDoubleCloseIsNoop(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "socat", "STDIO", "pty,link=/tmp/faketty")
+	require.NoError(t, cmd.Start())
+	go cmd.Wait()
+	// let our fake serial port node to appear
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
+
+	port, err := Open("/tmp/faketty", &Mode{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, port.Close())
+	require.NoError(t, port.Close())
+}
diff --git a/serial_unix.go b/serial_unix.go
index c33bca8..2e72473 100644
--- a/serial_unix.go
+++ b/serial_unix.go
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ type unixPort struct {
 
 func (port *unixPort) Close() error {
 	if !atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(&port.opened, 1, 0) {
-		return &PortError{code: PortClosed}
+		return nil
 	}
+
 	// Close port
 	port.releaseExclusiveAccess()
 	if err := unix.Close(port.handle); err != nil {