diff --git a/pkg/rpcclient/wsclient.go b/pkg/rpcclient/wsclient.go
index ff1e21bd1..49443f408 100644
--- a/pkg/rpcclient/wsclient.go
+++ b/pkg/rpcclient/wsclient.go
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ import (
 // subscriptions share the same receiver channel, then matching notification is
 // only sent once per channel. The receiver channel will be closed by the WSClient
 // immediately after MissedEvent is received from the server; no unsubscription
-// is performed in this case, so it's the user responsibility to unsubscribe.
+// is performed in this case, so it's the user responsibility to unsubscribe. It
+// will also be closed on disconnection from server.
 type WSClient struct {
 	Client
 	// Notifications is a channel that is used to send events received from
@@ -539,6 +540,16 @@ readloop:
 	}
 	c.respChannels = nil
 	c.respLock.Unlock()
+	c.subscriptionsLock.Lock()
+	for rcvrCh, ids := range c.receivers {
+		rcvr := c.subscriptions[ids[0]]
+		_, ok := rcvr.(*naiveReceiver)
+		if !ok { // naiveReceiver uses c.Notifications that is about to be closed below.
+			c.subscriptions[ids[0]].Close()
+		}
+		delete(c.receivers, rcvrCh)
+	}
+	c.subscriptionsLock.Unlock()
 	close(c.Notifications)
 	c.Client.ctxCancel()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/rpcclient/wsclient_test.go b/pkg/rpcclient/wsclient_test.go
index 1d7f3f774..c3f30c894 100644
--- a/pkg/rpcclient/wsclient_test.go
+++ b/pkg/rpcclient/wsclient_test.go
@@ -30,10 +30,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestWSClientClose(t *testing.T) {
-	srv := initTestServer(t, "")
+	srv := initTestServer(t, `{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "result": "55aaff00"}`)
 	wsc, err := NewWS(context.TODO(), httpURLtoWS(srv.URL), Options{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	wsc.getNextRequestID = getTestRequestID
+	bCh := make(chan *block.Block)
+	_, err = wsc.ReceiveBlocks(nil, bCh)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 	wsc.Close()
+	// Subscriber channel must be closed by server.
+	_, ok := <-bCh
+	require.False(t, ok)
 }
 
 func TestWSClientSubscription(t *testing.T) {
@@ -296,10 +303,6 @@ func TestWSExecutionVMStateCheck(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestWSFilteredSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
-	bCh := make(chan *block.Block)
-	txCh := make(chan *transaction.Transaction)
-	aerCh := make(chan *state.AppExecResult)
-	ntfCh := make(chan *state.ContainedNotificationEvent)
 	var cases = []struct {
 		name       string
 		clientCode func(*testing.T, *WSClient)
@@ -308,7 +311,7 @@ func TestWSFilteredSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
 		{"blocks primary",
 			func(t *testing.T, wsc *WSClient) {
 				primary := 3
-				_, err := wsc.ReceiveBlocks(&neorpc.BlockFilter{Primary: &primary}, bCh)
+				_, err := wsc.ReceiveBlocks(&neorpc.BlockFilter{Primary: &primary}, make(chan *block.Block))
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			},
 			func(t *testing.T, p *params.Params) {
@@ -323,7 +326,7 @@ func TestWSFilteredSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
 		{"blocks since",
 			func(t *testing.T, wsc *WSClient) {
 				var since uint32 = 3
-				_, err := wsc.ReceiveBlocks(&neorpc.BlockFilter{Since: &since}, bCh)
+				_, err := wsc.ReceiveBlocks(&neorpc.BlockFilter{Since: &since}, make(chan *block.Block))
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			},
 			func(t *testing.T, p *params.Params) {
@@ -338,7 +341,7 @@ func TestWSFilteredSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
 		{"blocks till",
 			func(t *testing.T, wsc *WSClient) {
 				var till uint32 = 3
-				_, err := wsc.ReceiveBlocks(&neorpc.BlockFilter{Till: &till}, bCh)
+				_, err := wsc.ReceiveBlocks(&neorpc.BlockFilter{Till: &till}, make(chan *block.Block))
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			},
 			func(t *testing.T, p *params.Params) {
@@ -361,7 +364,7 @@ func TestWSFilteredSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
 					Primary: &primary,
 					Since:   &since,
 					Till:    &till,
-				}, bCh)
+				}, make(chan *block.Block))
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			},
 			func(t *testing.T, p *params.Params) {
@@ -376,7 +379,7 @@ func TestWSFilteredSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
 		{"transactions sender",
 			func(t *testing.T, wsc *WSClient) {
 				sender := util.Uint160{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
-				_, err := wsc.ReceiveTransactions(&neorpc.TxFilter{Sender: &sender}, txCh)
+				_, err := wsc.ReceiveTransactions(&neorpc.TxFilter{Sender: &sender}, make(chan *transaction.Transaction))
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			},
 			func(t *testing.T, p *params.Params) {
@@ -390,7 +393,7 @@ func TestWSFilteredSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
 		{"transactions signer",
 			func(t *testing.T, wsc *WSClient) {
 				signer := util.Uint160{0, 42}
-				_, err := wsc.ReceiveTransactions(&neorpc.TxFilter{Signer: &signer}, txCh)
+				_, err := wsc.ReceiveTransactions(&neorpc.TxFilter{Signer: &signer}, make(chan *transaction.Transaction))
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			},
 			func(t *testing.T, p *params.Params) {
@@ -405,7 +408,7 @@ func TestWSFilteredSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
 			func(t *testing.T, wsc *WSClient) {
 				sender := util.Uint160{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
 				signer := util.Uint160{0, 42}
-				_, err := wsc.ReceiveTransactions(&neorpc.TxFilter{Sender: &sender, Signer: &signer}, txCh)
+				_, err := wsc.ReceiveTransactions(&neorpc.TxFilter{Sender: &sender, Signer: &signer}, make(chan *transaction.Transaction))
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			},
 			func(t *testing.T, p *params.Params) {
@@ -419,7 +422,7 @@ func TestWSFilteredSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
 		{"notifications contract hash",
 			func(t *testing.T, wsc *WSClient) {
 				contract := util.Uint160{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
-				_, err := wsc.ReceiveExecutionNotifications(&neorpc.NotificationFilter{Contract: &contract}, ntfCh)
+				_, err := wsc.ReceiveExecutionNotifications(&neorpc.NotificationFilter{Contract: &contract}, make(chan *state.ContainedNotificationEvent))
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			},
 			func(t *testing.T, p *params.Params) {
@@ -433,7 +436,7 @@ func TestWSFilteredSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
 		{"notifications name",
 			func(t *testing.T, wsc *WSClient) {
 				name := "my_pretty_notification"
-				_, err := wsc.ReceiveExecutionNotifications(&neorpc.NotificationFilter{Name: &name}, ntfCh)
+				_, err := wsc.ReceiveExecutionNotifications(&neorpc.NotificationFilter{Name: &name}, make(chan *state.ContainedNotificationEvent))
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			},
 			func(t *testing.T, p *params.Params) {
@@ -448,7 +451,7 @@ func TestWSFilteredSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
 			func(t *testing.T, wsc *WSClient) {
 				contract := util.Uint160{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
 				name := "my_pretty_notification"
-				_, err := wsc.ReceiveExecutionNotifications(&neorpc.NotificationFilter{Contract: &contract, Name: &name}, ntfCh)
+				_, err := wsc.ReceiveExecutionNotifications(&neorpc.NotificationFilter{Contract: &contract, Name: &name}, make(chan *state.ContainedNotificationEvent))
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			},
 			func(t *testing.T, p *params.Params) {
@@ -461,8 +464,8 @@ func TestWSFilteredSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{"executions state",
 			func(t *testing.T, wsc *WSClient) {
-				state := "FAULT"
-				_, err := wsc.ReceiveExecutions(&neorpc.ExecutionFilter{State: &state}, aerCh)
+				vmstate := "FAULT"
+				_, err := wsc.ReceiveExecutions(&neorpc.ExecutionFilter{State: &vmstate}, make(chan *state.AppExecResult))
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			},
 			func(t *testing.T, p *params.Params) {
@@ -476,7 +479,7 @@ func TestWSFilteredSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
 		{"executions container",
 			func(t *testing.T, wsc *WSClient) {
 				container := util.Uint256{1, 2, 3}
-				_, err := wsc.ReceiveExecutions(&neorpc.ExecutionFilter{Container: &container}, aerCh)
+				_, err := wsc.ReceiveExecutions(&neorpc.ExecutionFilter{Container: &container}, make(chan *state.AppExecResult))
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			},
 			func(t *testing.T, p *params.Params) {
@@ -489,9 +492,9 @@ func TestWSFilteredSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{"executions state and container",
 			func(t *testing.T, wsc *WSClient) {
-				state := "FAULT"
+				vmstate := "FAULT"
 				container := util.Uint256{1, 2, 3}
-				_, err := wsc.ReceiveExecutions(&neorpc.ExecutionFilter{State: &state, Container: &container}, aerCh)
+				_, err := wsc.ReceiveExecutions(&neorpc.ExecutionFilter{State: &vmstate, Container: &container}, make(chan *state.AppExecResult))
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			},
 			func(t *testing.T, p *params.Params) {