diff --git a/v2/pipeline.go b/v2/pipeline.go
index a491b7d..e021d1f 100644
--- a/v2/pipeline.go
+++ b/v2/pipeline.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package redis
 // Not thread-safe.
 type Pipeline struct {
 	*Client
+
+	closed bool
 }
 
 func (c *Client) Pipeline() *Pipeline {
@@ -27,10 +29,14 @@ func (c *Client) Pipelined(f func(*Pipeline)) ([]Cmder, error) {
 }
 
 func (c *Pipeline) Close() error {
+	c.closed = true
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (c *Pipeline) Discard() error {
+	if c.closed {
+		return errClosed
+	}
 	c.cmds = c.cmds[:0]
 	return nil
 }
@@ -38,6 +44,10 @@ func (c *Pipeline) Discard() error {
 // Exec always returns list of commands and error of the first failed
 // command if any.
 func (c *Pipeline) Exec() ([]Cmder, error) {
+	if c.closed {
+		return nil, errClosed
+	}
+
 	cmds := c.cmds
 	c.cmds = make([]Cmder, 0)
 
diff --git a/v2/pool.go b/v2/pool.go
index 10dbcb5..cb3ca59 100644
--- a/v2/pool.go
+++ b/v2/pool.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	errPoolClosed = errors.New("attempt to use closed connection pool")
+	errClosed = errors.New("redis: client is closed")
 )
 
 type pool interface {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (p *connPool) Get() (*conn, bool, error) {
 
 	if p.closed {
 		p.cond.L.Unlock()
-		return nil, false, errPoolClosed
+		return nil, false, errClosed
 	}
 
 	if p.idleTimeout > 0 {
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (p *connPool) Put(cn *conn) error {
 	p.cond.L.Lock()
 	if p.closed {
 		p.cond.L.Unlock()
-		return errPoolClosed
+		return errClosed
 	}
 	cn.inUse = false
 	p.conns.MoveToFront(cn.elem)
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ type singleConnPool struct {
 	l        sync.RWMutex
 	cn       *conn
 	reusable bool
+
+	closed bool
 }
 
 func newSingleConnPool(pool pool, cn *conn, reusable bool) *singleConnPool {
@@ -254,6 +256,10 @@ func newSingleConnPool(pool pool, cn *conn, reusable bool) *singleConnPool {
 
 func (p *singleConnPool) Get() (*conn, bool, error) {
 	p.l.RLock()
+	if p.closed {
+		p.l.RUnlock()
+		return nil, false, errClosed
+	}
 	if p.cn != nil {
 		p.l.RUnlock()
 		return p.cn, false, nil
@@ -276,6 +282,10 @@ func (p *singleConnPool) Put(cn *conn) error {
 	if p.cn != cn {
 		panic("p.cn != cn")
 	}
+	if p.closed {
+		p.l.Unlock()
+		return errClosed
+	}
 	p.l.Unlock()
 	return nil
 }
@@ -285,6 +295,10 @@ func (p *singleConnPool) Remove(cn *conn) error {
 	if p.cn != cn {
 		panic("p.cn != cn")
 	}
+	if p.closed {
+		p.l.Unlock()
+		return errClosed
+	}
 	p.cn = nil
 	p.l.Unlock()
 	return nil
@@ -312,6 +326,11 @@ func (p *singleConnPool) Close() error {
 	defer p.l.Unlock()
 	p.l.Lock()
 
+	if p.closed {
+		return nil
+	}
+	p.closed = true
+
 	var err error
 	if p.cn != nil {
 		if p.reusable {
diff --git a/v2/redis_test.go b/v2/redis_test.go
index 269e0af..3193c62 100644
--- a/v2/redis_test.go
+++ b/v2/redis_test.go
@@ -27,45 +27,29 @@ func sortStrings(slice []string) []string {
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-type RedisConnectionTest struct {
-	opt    *redis.Options
-	client *redis.Client
-}
-
-var _ = Suite(&RedisConnectionTest{})
-
-func (t *RedisConnectionTest) SetUpTest(c *C) {
-	t.opt = &redis.Options{
-		Addr: redisAddr,
-	}
-	t.client = redis.NewTCPClient(t.opt)
-}
-
-func (t *RedisConnectionTest) TearDownTest(c *C) {
-	c.Assert(t.client.Close(), IsNil)
-}
-
-func (t *RedisConnectionTest) TestShutdown(c *C) {
-	c.Skip("shutdowns server")
-
-	shutdown := t.client.Shutdown()
-	c.Check(shutdown.Err(), Equals, io.EOF)
-	c.Check(shutdown.Val(), Equals, "")
-
-	ping := t.client.Ping()
-	c.Check(ping.Err(), ErrorMatches, "dial tcp <nil>:[0-9]+: connection refused")
-	c.Check(ping.Val(), Equals, "")
-}
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 type RedisConnectorTest struct{}
 
 var _ = Suite(&RedisConnectorTest{})
 
+func (t *RedisConnectorTest) TestShutdown(c *C) {
+	c.Skip("shutdowns server")
+
+	client := redis.NewTCPClient(&redis.Options{
+		Addr: redisAddr,
+	})
+
+	shutdown := client.Shutdown()
+	c.Check(shutdown.Err(), Equals, io.EOF)
+	c.Check(shutdown.Val(), Equals, "")
+
+	ping := client.Ping()
+	c.Check(ping.Err(), ErrorMatches, "dial tcp <nil>:[0-9]+: connection refused")
+	c.Check(ping.Val(), Equals, "")
+}
+
 func (t *RedisConnectorTest) TestNewTCPClient(c *C) {
 	client := redis.NewTCPClient(&redis.Options{
-		Addr: ":6379",
+		Addr: redisAddr,
 	})
 	ping := client.Ping()
 	c.Check(ping.Err(), IsNil)
@@ -85,6 +69,75 @@ func (t *RedisConnectorTest) TestNewUnixClient(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(client.Close(), IsNil)
 }
 
+func (t *RedisConnectorTest) TestClose(c *C) {
+	client := redis.NewTCPClient(&redis.Options{
+		Addr: redisAddr,
+	})
+	c.Assert(client.Close(), IsNil)
+
+	ping := client.Ping()
+	c.Assert(ping.Err(), Not(IsNil))
+	c.Assert(ping.Err().Error(), Equals, "redis: client is closed")
+
+	c.Assert(client.Close(), IsNil)
+}
+
+func (t *RedisConnectorTest) TestPubSubClose(c *C) {
+	client := redis.NewTCPClient(&redis.Options{
+		Addr: redisAddr,
+	})
+
+	pubsub := client.PubSub()
+	c.Assert(pubsub.Close(), IsNil)
+
+	_, err := pubsub.Receive()
+	c.Assert(err, Not(IsNil))
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "redis: client is closed")
+
+	ping := client.Ping()
+	c.Assert(ping.Err(), IsNil)
+
+	c.Assert(client.Close(), IsNil)
+}
+
+func (t *RedisConnectorTest) TestMultiClose(c *C) {
+	client := redis.NewTCPClient(&redis.Options{
+		Addr: redisAddr,
+	})
+
+	multi := client.Multi()
+	c.Assert(multi.Close(), IsNil)
+
+	_, err := multi.Exec(func() {
+		multi.Ping()
+	})
+	c.Assert(err, Not(IsNil))
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "redis: client is closed")
+
+	ping := client.Ping()
+	c.Assert(ping.Err(), IsNil)
+
+	c.Assert(client.Close(), IsNil)
+}
+
+func (t *RedisConnectorTest) TestPipelineClose(c *C) {
+	client := redis.NewTCPClient(&redis.Options{
+		Addr: redisAddr,
+	})
+
+	_, err := client.Pipelined(func(pipeline *redis.Pipeline) {
+		c.Assert(pipeline.Close(), IsNil)
+		pipeline.Ping()
+	})
+	c.Assert(err, Not(IsNil))
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, "redis: client is closed")
+
+	ping := client.Ping()
+	c.Assert(ping.Err(), IsNil)
+
+	c.Assert(client.Close(), IsNil)
+}
+
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 type RedisConnPoolTest struct {