diff --git a/revid/senders_test.go b/revid/senders_test.go
index 360e540e..a6d1d298 100644
--- a/revid/senders_test.go
+++ b/revid/senders_test.go
@@ -346,6 +346,34 @@ func TestMultiSenderWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TODO: test that active func works
+// TestMultiSenderNotActiveNoRetry checks that if the active func passed to
+// newMultiSender returns false before a write, or in the middle of write with
+// retries, then we return from Write as expected.
+func TestMultiSenderNotActiveNoRetry(t *testing.T) {
+	senders := []loadSender{
+		newDummyLoadSender(false),
+		newDummyLoadSender(false),
+		newDummyLoadSender(false),
+	}
+	active := true
+	activeFunc := func() bool {
+		return active
+	}
+	ms, err := newMultiSender(senders, false, activeFunc)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	ms.Write([]byte{0x00})
+	active = false
+	ms.Write([]byte{0x01})
+
+	for _, dest := range ms.senders {
+		if len(dest.(*dummyLoadSender).buf) != 1 {
+			t.Errorf("length of sender buf is not 1 as expected")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // TODO: test that send retry works
 // TODO: test that send fail works with no retry