diff --git a/src/ctx.cpp b/src/ctx.cpp
index 73190a26..bd798eb0 100644
--- a/src/ctx.cpp
+++ b/src/ctx.cpp
@@ -573,7 +573,13 @@ void zmq::ctx_t::connect_inproc_sockets (zmq::socket_base_t *bind_socket_,
     else
         pending_connection_.connect_pipe->send_bind (bind_socket_, pending_connection_.bind_pipe, false);
 
-    if (pending_connection_.endpoint.options.recv_identity) {
+    // When a ctx is terminated all pending inproc connection will be
+    // connected, but the socket will already be closed and the pipe will be
+    // in waiting_for_delimiter state, which means no more writes can be done
+    // and the identity write fails and causes an assert. Check if the socket
+    // is open before sending.
+    if (pending_connection_.endpoint.options.recv_identity &&
+            pending_connection_.endpoint.socket->check_tag ()) {
         msg_t id;
         const int rc = id.init_size (bind_options.identity_size);
         errno_assert (rc == 0);
diff --git a/tests/test_inproc_connect.cpp b/tests/test_inproc_connect.cpp
index c4f9b3eb..a1e76366 100644
--- a/tests/test_inproc_connect.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_inproc_connect.cpp
@@ -212,6 +212,30 @@ void test_connect_before_bind_pub_sub ()
     assert (rc == 0);
 }
 
+void test_connect_before_bind_ctx_term ()
+{
+    void *ctx = zmq_ctx_new ();
+    assert (ctx);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 20; ++i) {
+        // Connect first
+        void *connectSocket = zmq_socket (ctx, ZMQ_ROUTER);
+        assert (connectSocket);
+
+        char ep[20];
+        sprintf(ep, "inproc://cbbrr%d", i);
+        int rc = zmq_connect (connectSocket, ep);
+        assert (rc == 0);
+
+        // Cleanup
+        rc = zmq_close (connectSocket);
+        assert (rc == 0);
+    }
+
+    int rc = zmq_ctx_term (ctx);
+    assert (rc == 0);
+}
+
 void test_multiple_connects ()
 {
     const unsigned int no_of_connects = 10;
@@ -499,6 +523,7 @@ int main (void)
     test_bind_before_connect ();
     test_connect_before_bind ();
     test_connect_before_bind_pub_sub ();
+    test_connect_before_bind_ctx_term ();
     test_multiple_connects ();
     test_multiple_threads ();
     test_simultaneous_connect_bind_threads ();