diff --git a/subsys/net/ip/tcp.c b/subsys/net/ip/tcp.c
index f2406f2f82c..4cb16efeeb5 100644
--- a/subsys/net/ip/tcp.c
+++ b/subsys/net/ip/tcp.c
@@ -1507,8 +1507,7 @@ static void queue_fin(struct net_context *ctx)
 int net_tcp_put(struct net_context *context)
 {
 	if (net_context_get_ip_proto(context) == IPPROTO_TCP) {
-		if ((net_context_get_state(context) == NET_CONTEXT_CONNECTED ||
-		     net_context_get_state(context) == NET_CONTEXT_LISTENING)
+		if (net_context_get_state(context) == NET_CONTEXT_CONNECTED
 		    && context->tcp
 		    && !context->tcp->fin_rcvd) {
 			NET_DBG("TCP connection in active close, not "
@@ -1519,6 +1518,18 @@ int net_tcp_put(struct net_context *context)
 			return 0;
 		}
 
+		/* A listening context is only used to establish connections.
+		 * Since once the connection is established it is not handled
+		 * directly by the listening context but rather by the child it
+		 * spawned, it is not needed to send FIN when closing such
+		 * contexts.
+		 */
+		if (context->tcp &&
+		    net_context_get_state(context) == NET_CONTEXT_LISTENING) {
+			net_context_unref(context);
+			return 0;
+		}
+
 		if (context->tcp &&
 		    net_tcp_get_state(context->tcp) == NET_TCP_SYN_SENT) {
 			net_context_unref(context);